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How long does Certas Energy UK Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 04168225 · Wholesale & retail trade · 13 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Sept 2024

28days
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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Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 30 Sept 2024 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
26 Feb 2001
Registered office
1ST FLOOR ALLDAY HOUSE, BIRCHWOOD, WA3 6GR
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Dec 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 7–60 days. Reported average: 28.

Stated terms7–60d
+21 days
Reported avg28d

At a glance

The key figures

7–60d
their stated terms
7%
invoices paid outside terms
-3d
faster over the window
±1d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 75% of the 819 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 7d
31
29
29
28
28
28
H1 2022H2 2022H1 2023H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 58% 31–60 days 39% 61+ days 3%

The read · computed from their figures

Certas Energy UK Limited has filed 13 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 28 days against stated terms of 7–60 days.

The direction is faster: from 31 to 28 days over the window — about 3 days faster.

In the latest period 7% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 3% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

The majority of our suppliers are on payment terms of 30 days or greater

Dispute resolution

Any queries will be dealt with by our accounts payable team at Larbert. There are 2 dedicated mailboxes used for these queries and all e-mails sent to them will be dealt with as quickly as possible

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H2 2024287%3%7 Jan 2025
H1 20242810%4%21 May 2024
H2 2023287%2%31 Oct 2023
H1 20232911%3%24 Apr 2023
H2 20222910%3%26 Oct 2022
H1 20223116%3%29 Apr 2022
H2 20213421%4%29 Oct 2021
H1 20213516%6%28 Apr 2021
H2 20203219%4%26 Oct 2020
H1 20203212%2%27 Apr 2020
H2 20193214%3%25 Oct 2019
H1 20193214%3%1 May 2019
H2 20183013%3%30 Oct 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 28-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 28-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £11,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 28-day cycle — about £8,300 more than the same account would carry at 7-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 3 days faster over the window (31 → 28 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 28, moving within about ±1 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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