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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Bighams Limited pays suppliers in 42 days on average — inside its 60-day stated terms

CRN 03233191 · Manufacturing · 19 statutory reports on record · period to 29 Aug 2026

42daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 18 days inside their stated 60-day term.

Slower than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
60 days
Paid outside agreed terms
18% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
18%
Reporting period
1 Mar 2026 – 29 Aug 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 8 Oct 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid 18 days inside the 60-day term they state

The pattern · last 6 of 19 reports

38 → 42 days — slowing down

The read · computed from their figures

Bighams Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 42 days against stated terms of 60 days; 18% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 18% took 61 days or longer. Filed 8 Oct 2026.

The direction is slower: from 38 days in H1 2024 to 42 now — 4 days slower across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Faster than 58% of the 977 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

That is 19 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2017) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

30 Days

Dispute resolution

Disputes are resolved by discussions with the relevant parties

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20264218%18%8 Oct 2026
H1 20263514%14%4 Mar 2026
H1 20253974%32%23 Sept 2025
H1 20253868%18%28 Mar 2025
H1 20243780%13%1 Oct 2024
H1 20243881%15%19 Mar 2024
H1 20233681%6%30 Jan 2025
H1 20233581%6%30 Jan 2025
H1 20224284%21%30 Jan 2025
H1 20224468%30%30 Jan 2025
H1 20215072%35%30 Jan 2025
H1 20214886%22%30 Jan 2025
H1 20204788%22%30 Jan 2025
H1 20204587%17%30 Jan 2025
H1 20194688%17%30 Jan 2025
H1 20194992%15%30 Jan 2025
H1 20185095%21%30 Jan 2025
H1 20185193%24%30 Jan 2025
H1 20174993%32%30 Jan 2025

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
2 Aug 1996
Registered office
2 MCNICOL DRIVE, NW10 7AW
6 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 May 2027

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Quick answers · Bighams Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 4 days slower over the window (38 → 42 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report puts the average at day 42; across their last 6 reports it ranged 35–42 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?
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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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