Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Ainscough Crane Hire Ltd take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 03245223 · Construction · 18 statutory reports on record · period to 27 Mar 2026

64days

their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period

Well behindvs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

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

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 3 Sept 1996
Registered office: BRADLEY HALL, WIGAN, WN6 0XQ

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

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30–90 days. Reported average: 64.

Stated terms30–90d

+34 days

Reported avg64d

At a glance

The key figures

30–90d

their stated terms

21%

invoices paid outside terms

+18d

slower over the window

±12d

variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 97% of the 385 large companies reporting in construction.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d

H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 20% 31–60 days 24% 61+ days 56%

The read · computed from their figures

Ainscough Crane Hire Ltd has filed 18 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2017). Their latest report puts the average at 64 days against stated terms of 30–90 days.

The direction is slower: from 46 to 64 days over the window — about 18 days slower.

In the latest period 21% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 56% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers supply-chain finance

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Ainscough Crane Hire Ltd implements different payment terms for different types of contracts. The most frequently used payment terms are 60 days; these terms are a requirement for nationally agreed supply contracts. For smaller local suppliers 30 day payment terms are implemented, and suppliers of major components and parts agree to 90 days.

Dispute resolution

Disputes concerning payments should be addressed to the purchase ledger team by email or telephone. In the first instance the team seek to resolve the dispute directly however where this is not possible relevant members of the Finance and Operational teams will be consulted for further guidance. If the dispute cannot be resolved with managerial advice, the matter will be referred to our commercial team, who will consider seeking external legal advice to reach an agreement with the supplier.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	64	21%	56%	21 Apr 2026
H2 2025	65	18%	58%	17 Oct 2025
H1 2025	41	16%	30%	16 Apr 2025
H2 2024	43	14%	34%	23 Oct 2024
H1 2024	48	12%	41%	19 Apr 2024
H2 2023	46	12%	33%	19 Oct 2023
H1 2023	43	15%	34%	21 Apr 2023
H2 2022	39	17%	25%	24 Oct 2022
H1 2022	41	28%	29%	28 Apr 2022
H2 2021	44	27%	33%	20 Oct 2021
H1 2021	47	52%	33%	29 Apr 2021
H2 2020	56	66%	47%	29 Oct 2020
H1 2020	51	49%	43%	5 May 2020
H2 2019	48	20%	35%	29 Oct 2019
H1 2019	51	18%	39%	17 Jun 2019
H2 2018	54	18%	46%	24 Dec 2018
H1 2018	55	19%	46%	2 Jul 2018
H2 2017	62	25%	56%	2 Jul 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 64-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 64-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £25,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 64-day cycle — about £13,400 more than the same account would carry at 30-day terms.

Late Payment Act. The Late Payment of Commercial Debts Act 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

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 18 days slower over the window (46 → 64 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 64, moving within about ±12 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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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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