Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Akqa Limited paid suppliers in 56 days on average — within its stated 15–60 day terms

CRN 02964394 · Professional & technical services · 4 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Dec 2019

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 31 Dec 2019 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

56daysavg time to pay · H2 2019

Their H2 2019 filing put the average 41 days past the shortest term they state (15 days), still within their 60-day upper term.

Their stated terms: 15–60 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 8% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 24%
Reporting period: 1 Jul 2019 – 31 Dec 2019
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 5 Mar 2020

Self-reported figures from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.

Terms vs reality · their H2 2019 filing

Paid within their stated range — 56 against 15–60 days

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–65

avg 56d

0 days65 days

reported avg 56 days their filed terms 15–60 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 43% 31–60 days 33% 61+ days 24%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #29415, period 1 Jul 2019 – 31 Dec 2019, filed 5 Mar 2020 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Akqa Limited paid within its stated range, 41 days past the shortest term. 8% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 24% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H2 2019 filing.

The pattern · last 4 of 4 reports

22 → 56 days — slower across the window

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 4 of 4 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

34 days slower across the window. From 22 days in H1 2018 to 56 in the H2 2019 filing; the dashed line marks the 15-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Akqa Limited's H2 2019 filing put their average at 56 days against stated terms of 15–60 days; 8% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 24% took 61 days or longer. Filed 5 Mar 2020.

The direction is slower: from 22 days in H1 2018 to 56 now — 34 days slower across their last 4 reports.

That is 4 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Our standard payment terms are 30 days based on receipt of a valid invoice

Dispute resolution

We have a dispute resolution process to ensure that all supplier invoices are processed as efficiently as possible. We provide assistance by providing guidance on what is to be provided on supplier invoices to ensure payment can be made in a timely manner. We have a dedicated AP email inbox which supports suppliers in case of queries

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2019	56	8%	24%	5 Mar 2020
H1 2019	48	16%	24%	10 Feb 2020
H2 2018	42	61%	16%	31 Jan 2019
H1 2018	22	23%	12%	30 Jul 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 2 Sept 1994
Registered office: 1 ST JOHN'S LANE, EC1M 4BL

1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 56-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 56-day vs a 15-day payment cycle.

≈ £22,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 56-day cycle — about £16,200 more than the same account would carry at 15-day terms.

Late Payment Act. The Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 lets a supplier charge statutory interest and fixed compensation on invoices paid past agreed terms. Work out what a late invoice is worth → Whether it applies depends on your contract — check with an adviser.

Quick answers · Akqa Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 34 days slower over the window (22 → 56 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report put the average at day 56; across their last 4 reports it ranged 22–56 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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How UK payment reporting works

What is a Payment Practices Report?

UK companies and LLPs above a size threshold — broadly, two of: turnover over £54m, balance sheet over £27m, or more than 250 employees — must report twice a year, under the Reporting on Payment Practices and Performance Regulations 2017, how quickly they actually pay suppliers: the average time to pay, the share of invoices paid in 30 days or fewer, 31 to 60 days and 61 days or longer, and their standard payment terms. Those thresholds apply to financial years beginning on or after 6 April 2025; for earlier financial years they were £36m and £18m, with the same 250-employee test.

What does "paid outside agreed terms" mean?

The share of invoices paid later than the terms in the supplier contract. If terms are 30 days and an invoice is paid on day 45, it counts as paid outside terms, regardless of the headline average.

How often is this data updated?

Each report covers a six-month period and must be filed within 30 days of that period ending, so a company's record refreshes roughly twice a year. PaidLate re-reads the register as new reports are filed.

Is this official government data?

The underlying payment figures come from the company's own statutory filings on the gov.uk payment-practices service; company-status data comes from Companies House. PaidLate calculates trends, comparisons and summaries from those records. It does not use surveys or credit-agency scores.

How this is compiled. Built from official records only: Companies House and the gov.uk payment-practices service. The payment figures are self-reported — companies over the size threshold must file them by law and the board signs them off. No credit-agency data. The numbers are theirs; the plain-English read is ours. This is information compiled from public records under the Open Government Licence v3.0 — not a credit rating and not advice.

The 31-day comparison figure is the median across 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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