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How long does CVS (UK) Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 03777473 · Professional & technical services · 13 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

25days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

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

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On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
17 May 1999
Registered office
CVS HOUSE, DISS, IP22 4ER
2 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Mar 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30 days. Reported average: 25.

Stated terms30d
-5 days
Reported avg25d

At a glance

The key figures

30d
their stated terms
29%
invoices paid outside terms
-5d
faster over the window
±2d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 66% of the 530 large companies reporting in professional & technical services.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d
30
34
28
24
27
25
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 83% 31–60 days 11% 61+ days 6%

The read · computed from their figures

CVS (UK) Limited has filed 13 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2017). Their latest report puts the average at 25 days against stated terms of 30 days.

The direction is faster: from 30 to 25 days over the window — about 5 days faster.

In the latest period 29% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 6% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

CVS UK Ltd ("CVS") endeavours to process all payments to suppliers by their due date whilst at the same time making use of twice weekly payment runs to consolidate payments into batches. As a result of these scheduled payment runs, invoices are usually included for payment within days of becoming due. All invoices received by CVS are processed by the centralised Accounts Payable team, located at the company’s Head Office at CVS House, Owen Road, Diss, Norfolk, IP22 4ER (email: [email protected]). To maximise the prompt payment of invoices, CVS encourages all suppliers to send their invoices directly to the Accounts Payable team in order that the invoice is registered as soon as possible on the company’s accounting system and promptly sent out to the business for approval.

Dispute resolution

CVS hasn’t published a formal dispute resolution document. However, all payment disputes are resolved in the same manner regardless of the size of the supplier. The company’s centralised Accounts Payable team will refer all disputed invoices to the employee requisitioning the goods or services for resolution. If required, the matter will be escalated within the company including involvement of Executive Directors where required. CVS endeavours to resolve all invoice disputes prior to the payment becoming due in order that no impact is made on expected payment terms.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20262529%6%22 Jul 2026
H2 20252731%6%30 Jan 2026
H1 20252429%7%18 Jul 2025
H2 20242830%8%14 Jan 2025
H1 20243438%11%19 Jul 2024
H2 20233032%8%15 Jan 2024
H1 20232934%8%20 Jul 2023
H2 20223337%12%23 Jan 2023
H1 20223238%16%28 Jul 2022
H1 20192339%43%11 Jul 2019
H2 20182143%6%29 Jan 2019
H1 20185155%28%26 Jul 2018
H2 20175450%27%30 Jan 2018

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 5 days faster over the window (30 → 25 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 25, moving within about ±2 days. 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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