Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Hexcel Composites Limited pays suppliers in 52 days on average — within its stated 45–90 day terms

CRN 03069887 · Manufacturing · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

52daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 7 days past the shortest term they state (45 days), still within their 90-day upper term.

Slower than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers

Their stated terms: 45–90 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 45% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 31%
Reporting period: 1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 22 Jul 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid within their stated range — 52 against 45–90 days

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–100

avg 52d

0 days100 days

reported avg 52 days their filed terms 45–90 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 14% 31–60 days 55% 61+ days 31%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #113284, period 1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026, filed 22 Jul 2026 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Hexcel Composites Limited pays within its stated range, 7 days past the shortest term. 45% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 31% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2026 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 17 reports

47 → 52 days — slowing down

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 17 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

5 days slower across the window. From 47 days in H2 2023 to 52 in the H1 2026 filing; the dashed line marks the 45-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Hexcel Composites Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 52 days against stated terms of 45–90 days; 45% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 31% took 61 days or longer. Filed 22 Jul 2026.

The direction is slower: from 47 days in H2 2023 to 52 now — 5 days slower across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 64% of the 977 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

That is 17 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

Standard payment terms are 45 days following the end of the month of the invoice date

Dispute resolution

Hexcel Composites Ltd has a dedicated accounts payable team that offer suppliers support through to query resolution. The team can be contacted by email or phone Monday to Friday. The contact by e-mail, [email protected], is acknowledged within 24 hours

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	52	45%	31%	22 Jul 2026
H2 2025	49	49%	22%	26 Jan 2026
H1 2025	47	43%	19%	22 Jul 2025
H2 2024	46	34%	19%	27 Jan 2025
H1 2024	46	36%	15%	17 Jul 2024
H2 2023	47	31%	14%	23 Jan 2024
H1 2023	30	36%	14%	24 Jul 2023
H2 2022	47	24%	16%	19 Jan 2023
H1 2022	45	24%	11%	22 Jul 2022
H2 2021	43	22%	8%	19 Jan 2022
H1 2021	42	28%	6%	16 Jul 2021
H2 2020	40	33%	7%	20 Jan 2021
H1 2020	41	32%	5%	17 Jul 2020
H2 2019	40	20%	6%	17 Jan 2020
H1 2019	40	32%	5%	17 Jul 2019
H2 2018	38	25%	6%	17 Jan 2019
H1 2018	40	23%	7%	20 Jul 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 19 Jun 1995
Registered office: ICKLETON ROAD, CAMBRIDGE, CB22 4QB

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 52-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 52-day vs a 45-day payment cycle.

≈ £20,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 52-day cycle — about £2,800 more than the same account would carry at 45-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 · Hexcel Composites Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 5 days slower over the window (47 → 52 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report puts the average at day 52; across their last 6 reports it ranged 46–52 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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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?

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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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