Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Colchester Global Investors Limited pays suppliers in 33 days on average — 3 days past its stated terms

CRN 03855960 · Financial services · 11 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Apr 2026

33daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 3 days past the 30-day term they state.

Around averagevs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers

Their stated terms: 30 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 32% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 9%
Reporting period: 1 Nov 2025 – 30 Apr 2026
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 28 May 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid 3 days past their stated terms

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–40

avg 33d

0 days40 days

reported avg 33 days their filed terms 0–30 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 52% 31–60 days 39% 61+ days 9%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #112038, period 1 Nov 2025 – 30 Apr 2026, filed 28 May 2026 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Colchester Global Investors Limited pays 3 days past its own stated terms. 32% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 9% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2026 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 11 reports

43 → 33 days — getting faster

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 11 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

10 days faster across the window. From 43 days in H2 2023 to 33 in the H1 2026 filing; the dashed line marks the 30-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Colchester Global Investors Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 33 days against stated terms of 30 days; 32% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 9% took 61 days or longer. Filed 28 May 2026.

The direction is faster: from 43 days in H2 2023 to 33 now — 10 days faster across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 81% of the 638 large companies reporting in financial services.

That is 11 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Invoices are generally paid within 14-21 days from date of receipt by the Finance department, provided the invoice has been issued correctly and it has been approved.

Dispute resolution

The Finance team will ensure the query/complaint is passed on to the relevant person/approver and dealt with in a timely manner.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	33	32%	9%	28 May 2026
H2 2025	40	44%	12%	4 Dec 2025
H1 2025	9	56%	13%	30 May 2025
H2 2024	20	75%	8%	23 May 2025
H1 2024	20	82%	6%	25 Mar 2025
H2 2023	43	88%	23%	23 May 2025
H1 2023	22	82%	0%	23 May 2025
H2 2020	37	38%	16%	12 Feb 2021
H2 2019	25	10%	6%	29 Nov 2019
H1 2019	28	9%	4%	6 Aug 2019
H2 2018	28	17%	7%	1 Feb 2019

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 8 Oct 1999
Registered office: 5TH FLOOR, LONDON, EC2V 6DL

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Jan 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 33-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 33-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £13,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 33-day cycle — about £1,200 more than the same account would carry at 30-day terms.

Late Payment Act. The Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 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 · Colchester Global Investors Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 10 days faster over the window (43 → 33 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report puts the average at day 33; across their last 6 reports it ranged 9–43 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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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.

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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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