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How long does Press Metal UK Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 03653082 · Wholesale & retail trade · 2 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Dec 2018

32days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Around averagevs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

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

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Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 31 Dec 2018 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
21 Oct 1998
Registered office
PRESS METAL UK LIMITED BELDRAY ROAD, BILSTON, WV14 7NH
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30–150 days. Reported average: 32.

Stated terms30–150d
+2 days
Reported avg32d

At a glance

The key figures

30–150d
their stated terms
0%
invoices paid outside terms

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 66% of the 819 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 44% 31–60 days 53% 61+ days 3%

The read · computed from their figures

Press Metal UK Limited has filed 2 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 32 days against stated terms of 30–150 days.

In the latest period 0% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 3% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

In general we adhere to the settlement period prescribed in the contract

Dispute resolution

We will contact the accounts department of the supplier with our query, and these are normally resolved within 2 weeks

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H2 2018320%3%11 Dec 2019
H1 2018380%9%10 Jul 2018

Quick answers

What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 32. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
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How UK payment reporting works

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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