Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Holdfast Training Services Limited paid suppliers in 53 days on average — 23 days past its stated terms

CRN 04094249 · Public administration · 14 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2025

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 31 Mar 2025 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

53daysavg time to pay · H1 2025

Their H1 2025 filing put the average 23 days past the 30-day term they state.

Their stated terms: 30 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 70% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 9%
Reporting period: 1 Oct 2024 – 31 Mar 2025
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 30 Apr 2025

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2025 filing

Paid 23 days past their stated terms

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–60

avg 53d

0 days60 days

reported avg 53 days their filed terms 30 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

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

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #97963, period 1 Oct 2024 – 31 Mar 2025, filed 30 Apr 2025 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Holdfast Training Services Limited paid 23 days past its own stated terms. 70% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 9% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2025 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 14 reports

43 → 53 days — slower across the window

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 14 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

10 days slower across the window. From 43 days in H2 2022 to 53 in the H1 2025 filing; the dashed line marks the 30-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Holdfast Training Services Limited's H1 2025 filing put their average at 53 days against stated terms of 30 days; 70% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 9% took 61 days or longer. Filed 30 Apr 2025.

The direction is slower: from 43 days in H2 2022 to 53 now — 10 days slower across their last 6 reports.

That is 14 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

Holdfast Training Services does not have standard payment terms, however, the most frequently used payment term is 30 days

Dispute resolution

Any disputes/discrepancies with suppliers are raised on a timely manner by the respective finance departments and are usually resolved amicably. If the disputes are not resolved within agreed timeframe they are escalated to senior management / board . If the dispute remains unresolved legal advice would be sought although this course of action has never been used.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2025	53	70%	9%	30 Apr 2025
H2 2024	43	76%	15%	22 Oct 2024
H1 2024	48	73%	18%	23 Apr 2024
H2 2023	36	59%	10%	30 Oct 2023
H1 2023	44	68%	9%	19 Apr 2023
H2 2022	43	75%	9%	14 Oct 2022
H1 2022	46	80%	22%	29 Apr 2022
H2 2021	46	68%	28%	22 Oct 2021
H1 2021	34	45%	3%	20 Apr 2021
H2 2020	38	51%	11%	14 Oct 2020
H1 2020	28	35%	4%	28 Apr 2020
H2 2019	31	50%	2%	14 Oct 2019
H1 2019	54	38%	8%	15 Apr 2019
H2 2018	75	68%	23%	25 Oct 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 23 Oct 2000
Registered office: BUILDING 29, HQ RSME BROMPTON BARRACKS, KENT, ME4 4UG

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 53-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 53-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £21,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 53-day cycle — about £9,100 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 · Holdfast Training Services Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 10 days slower over the window (43 → 53 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report put the average at day 53; across their last 6 reports it ranged 36–53 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?

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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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