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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Chess Dynamics Limited pays suppliers in 37 days on average — within its stated 30–60 day terms

CRN 03891212 · Manufacturing · 4 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Oct 2025

37daysavg time to pay · H2 2025

Their H2 2025 filing puts the average 7 days past the shortest term they state (30 days), still within their 60-day upper term.

Slower than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
30–60 days
Paid outside agreed terms
22% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
9%
Reporting period
1 May 2025 – 31 Oct 2025
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 1 Dec 2025

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

Terms vs reality · their H2 2025 filing

Paid within their stated range — 37 against 30–60 days

The pattern · last 4 of 4 reports

Holding steady around 37 days

The read · computed from their figures

Chess Dynamics Limited's H2 2025 filing puts their average at 37 days against stated terms of 30–60 days; 22% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 9% took 61 days or longer. Filed 1 Dec 2025.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±1 days period to period.

On the latest reported averages: Faster than 70% of the 977 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

That is 4 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2024) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Trading normally takes place under terms '30 days end of month'.

Dispute resolution

Any concerns are raised with Accounts Payable team in the first instance. These would be resolved at this level with the Supply Chain team being involved as necessary. If this is not resolved it will be escalated to the Finance Controller or Finance Director.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H2 20253722%9%1 Dec 2025
H1 2025397%8%18 Jun 2025
H2 2024398%12%28 Nov 2024
H1 2024388%6%31 May 2024

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
9 Dec 1999
Registered office
QUADRANT HOUSE NORTH HEATH BUSINESS PARK, HORSHAM, RH12 5QE
1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Jan 2028

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 37-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 37-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £14,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 37-day cycle — about £2,800 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 · Chess Dynamics Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average is steady — within about ±1 days period to period, around 37 days.
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 37, moving within about ±1 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.

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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