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How long does Wavemaker Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 04078547 · Professional & technical services · 10 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

60days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Well behindvs 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
26 Sept 2000
Registered office
SEA CONTAINERS, LONDON, SE1 9ET
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 25–60 days. Reported average: 60.

Stated terms25–60d
+35 days
Reported avg60d

At a glance

The key figures

25–60d
their stated terms
5%
invoices paid outside terms
-29d
faster over the window
±6d
variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 90% 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 25d
89
58
50
49
51
60
H1 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 39% 31–60 days 32% 61+ days 29%

The read · computed from their figures

Wavemaker Limited has filed 10 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 60 days against stated terms of 25–60 days.

The direction is faster: from 89 to 60 days over the window — about 29 days faster.

In the latest period 5% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 29% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing 5% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

We pay our media vendors in line with industry standards, dependant on media type, which are between 25 and 60 days from receipt of a valid invoice following the end of the month of media activity. Where appropriate, vendors are required to also provide supporting documentation confirming media activity has run.

Dispute resolution

We have a defined dispute resolution process to ensure that all supplier invoices are processed as efficiently as possible. Suppliers are provided with details of the issues that may affect the processing of their invoices and assistance by providing guidance on what is to be provided on their invoices to ensure payment can be made in a timely manner. Our AP helpdesk offers suppliers support through to query resolution and can be contacted via a dedicated e-mail address or phone number. All invoices that are in query are logged and if unresolved at the time of supplier payment, details of the reasons for payment delay are communicated to the relevant suppliers.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2026605%29%22 Jul 2026
H2 2025513%23%3 Feb 2026
H1 20254912%19%29 Jul 2025
H2 20245031%20%12 Jun 2025
H1 20245843%31%12 Jun 2025
H1 20238935%38%9 Aug 2023
H1 20229839%33%4 Aug 2022
H2 20217735%34%4 Feb 2022
H2 20185842%39%13 Feb 2019
H1 20185146%32%26 Jul 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 60-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 60-day vs a 25-day payment cycle.

≈ £23,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 60-day cycle — about £13,800 more than the same account would carry at 25-day terms.

Late Payment Act. The Late Payment of Commercial Debts Act 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

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 29 days faster over the window (89 → 60 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 60, moving within about ±6 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
Can I see what this means for my invoices?
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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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