Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Fred Champion Groundworks Limited pays suppliers in 40 days on average — inside its shortest stated term

CRN 03200045 · Construction · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2026

40daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 25 days inside the shortest term they state (65 days).

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

Their stated terms: 65–95 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 6% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 13%
Reporting period: 1 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 30 Apr 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid 25 days inside the 65-day term they state

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–105

avg 40d

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reported avg 40 days their filed terms 65–95 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 22% 31–60 days 65% 61+ days 13%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #111604, period 1 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2026, filed 30 Apr 2026 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Fred Champion Groundworks Limited pays 25 days inside the shortest term it states. 6% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 13% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2026 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 17 reports

45 → 40 days — getting faster

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 faster across the window. From 45 days in H2 2023 to 40 in the H1 2026 filing; the dashed line marks the 65-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Fred Champion Groundworks Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 40 days against stated terms of 65–95 days; 6% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 13% took 61 days or longer. Filed 30 Apr 2026.

The direction is faster: from 45 days in H2 2023 to 40 now — 5 days faster across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 72% of the 394 large companies reporting in construction.

That is 17 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

The most common payment terms are 65 days. A small number of suppliers have terms of 95 days. For suppliers of utilities, payment is processed on receipt of their invoice.

Dispute resolution

Proof of delivery notes are matched to invoices and when these are missing the Accounts Payable team contacts the supplier directly for a copy. Prices are agreed in advance for materials. When a price on an invoice is not correct, the Accounts Payable team notifies the Surveyor concerned and the supplier is notified.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	40	6%	13%	30 Apr 2026
H2 2025	40	6%	13%	31 Oct 2025
H1 2025	40	5%	12%	6 May 2025
H2 2024	45	8%	19%	28 Oct 2024
H1 2024	45	8%	20%	3 May 2024
H2 2023	45	6%	19%	17 Oct 2023
H1 2023	44	5%	20%	2 May 2023
H2 2022	45	5%	19%	14 Oct 2022
H1 2022	45	4%	21%	1 Jul 2022
H2 2021	45	3%	19%	3 Nov 2021
H1 2021	46	4%	21%	24 Jun 2021
H2 2020	46	4%	22%	24 Jun 2021
H1 2020	47	6%	24%	24 Jun 2021
H2 2019	48	4%	19%	23 Jun 2021
H1 2019	45	6%	23%	29 Apr 2019
H2 2018	43	4%	18%	29 Apr 2019
H1 2018	44	5%	22%	29 Apr 2019

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 17 May 1996
Registered office: DOUBLEBOIS INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, LISKEARD, PL14 6LE

2 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Jun 2027

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Quick answers · Fred Champion Groundworks Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 5 days faster over the window (45 → 40 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report puts the average at day 40; across their last 6 reports it ranged 40–45 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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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?

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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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