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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Axminster Tool Centre Ltd paid suppliers in 37 days on average — inside its 120-day stated terms

CRN 03326979 · Wholesale & retail trade · 11 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Apr 2023

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 30 Apr 2023 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.
37daysavg time to pay · H1 2023

Their H1 2023 filing put the average 83 days inside their stated 120-day term.

Their stated terms
120 days
Paid outside agreed terms
69% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
16%
Reporting period
1 Nov 2022 – 30 Apr 2023
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 14 Aug 2024

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2023 filing

Paid 83 days inside the 120-day term they state

The pattern · last 6 of 11 reports

Held steady around 37 days

The read · computed from their figures

Axminster Tool Centre Ltd's H1 2023 filing put their average at 37 days against stated terms of 120 days; 69% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 16% took 61 days or longer. Filed 14 Aug 2024.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±3 days period to period.

That is 11 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

Payment code: Good Business Charter

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

30 days+ end of month following invoice

Dispute resolution

Each supplier providing goods for resales is appointed an individual product manager. responsibility for any dispute resolution lies with that individual. Other suppliers will be contacted by the manager of the team raising the requisition. Directors involvement is instigated following a request from either his/her manager or the supplier.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20233769%16%14 Aug 2024
H2 20223326%9%30 Dec 2022
H1 20223321%7%30 Dec 2022
H2 20213217%6%14 Dec 2021
H1 20213227%7%14 Dec 2021
H2 20203540%10%14 Dec 2020
H1 20205170%24%13 May 2020
H2 20194671%16%29 Nov 2019
H1 20193959%14%17 May 2019
H2 20184164%15%17 May 2019
H1 20184474%24%18 May 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
In Administration
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
4 Mar 1997
Registered office
C/O GRANT THORNTON UK ADVISORY&TAX LLP, 1 OXFORD STREET, M1 4PB
1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Jan 2026

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Quick answers · Axminster Tool Centre Ltd

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average was steady — within about ±3 days period to period, around 37 days.
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports averaged around day 37, moving within about ±3 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.
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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.

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