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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Mears Care Limited paid suppliers in 17 days on average — inside its shortest stated term

CRN 04320403 · Health & social care · 4 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Dec 2024

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 31 Dec 2024 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.
17daysavg time to pay · H2 2024

Their H2 2024 filing put the average 13 days inside the shortest term they state (30 days).

Their stated terms
30–45 days
Paid outside agreed terms
0% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
4%
Reporting period
1 Jul 2024 – 31 Dec 2024
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 2 Sept 2025

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

Terms vs reality · their H2 2024 filing

Paid 13 days inside the 30-day term they state

The pattern · last 4 of 4 reports

14 → 17 days — slower across the window

The read · computed from their figures

Mears Care Limited's H2 2024 filing put their average at 17 days against stated terms of 30–45 days; 0% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 4% took 61 days or longer. Filed 2 Sept 2025.

The direction is slower: from 14 days in H1 2018 to 17 now — 3 days slower across their last 4 reports.

That is 4 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard terms are set at 30 days if the supplier does not state payment terms, usually the payment terms are dictated by the supplier and are detailed on their invoice.

Dispute resolution

No documented process. If there is a dispute, the AP team resolve, usually by providing proof of payment to the supplier.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H2 2024170%4%2 Sept 2025
H1 20192657%8%27 Jul 2019
H2 20182658%8%9 Feb 2019
H1 20181458%4%30 Jul 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
9 Nov 2001
Registered office
CROWN HOUSE STEPHENSON ROAD, COLCHESTER, CO4 9QR
1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Quick answers · Mears Care Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 3 days slower over the window (14 → 17 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report put the average at day 17; across their last 4 reports it ranged 14–26 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.
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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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