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How long does Colas Rail Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 02995525 · Construction · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

22days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

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

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On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
28 Nov 1994
Registered office
25 VICTORIA STREET, LONDON, SW1H 0EX
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 28 days. Reported average: 22.

Stated terms28d
-6 days
Reported avg22d

At a glance

The key figures

28d
their stated terms
12%
invoices paid outside terms
-6d
faster over the window
±4d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 88% of the 385 large companies reporting in construction.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 28d
28
28
27
29
25
22
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 92% 31–60 days 6% 61+ days 2%

The read · computed from their figures

Colas Rail Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 22 days against stated terms of 28 days.

The direction is faster: from 28 to 22 days over the window — about 6 days faster.

In the latest period 12% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 2% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Payment code: Network Rail Fair Payment Charter and Fair Payment Code

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Our standard contractual terms are 30 days, but many suppliers on Network Rail contracts will have payment periods not exceeding 28 days from the date of receipt of a valid invoice (in accordance with Network Rail Fair Payment Charter).

Dispute resolution

Colas Rail endeavours to resolve all disputes quickly and efficiently with the relevant contracting party through open communication. Where this is not possible the dispute resolution procedure set out in the contract provisions or relevant legislation (i.e. the Construction Act) will be followed. All dispute resolution escalation is sent directly to the Legal Department for timely resolution.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20262212%2%27 Jul 2026
H2 20252513%3%28 Jan 2026
H1 20252930%5%31 Jul 2025
H2 20242724%4%29 Jan 2025
H1 20242822%6%30 Jul 2024
H2 20232828%6%29 Jan 2024
H1 20232829%6%20 Jul 2023
H2 20223542%14%27 Jan 2023
H1 20223430%18%26 Jul 2022
H2 20213231%9%28 Jan 2022
H1 20213939%17%5 Aug 2021
H2 20203634%11%28 Jan 2021
H1 20203839%13%29 Jul 2020
H2 20193948%11%27 Jan 2020
H1 20193754%14%8 Aug 2019
H2 20184066%17%20 May 2019
H1 20185570%20%14 Aug 2018

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 6 days faster over the window (28 → 22 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 22, moving within about ±4 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
Can I see what this means for my invoices?
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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 6,185 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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