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How long does Catalyst Healthcare (Romford) Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 04793636 · Health & social care · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2026

44days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Slower 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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On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
10 Jun 2003
Registered office
C/O ALBANY SPC SERVICES LTD 3RD FLOOR, MANCHESTER, M1 4HB
4 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Jun 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30 days. Reported average: 44.

Stated terms30d
+14 days
Reported avg44d

At a glance

The key figures

30d
their stated terms
1%
invoices paid outside terms
-22d
faster over the window
±6d
variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 87% of the 140 large companies reporting in health & social care.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d
66
62
43
52
55
44
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 33% 31–60 days 39% 61+ days 28%

The read · computed from their figures

Catalyst Healthcare (Romford) Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 44 days against stated terms of 30 days.

The direction is faster: from 66 to 44 days over the window — about 22 days faster.

In the latest period 1% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 28% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

As a Special Purpose Company (SPC) with a Concession agreement in place with its only customer (Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospital NHS Trust) and several related subcontracts in place, the SPC can only pay its subcontractors when the Trust pays the SPC. This is accepted between all parties and whilst the pay-when-paid principle is not now permitted, the SPC continues to apply this practice under the exclusion granted to PFI projects by the Construction Contracts (England) Exclusion Order 2011. All other costs, those that relate to the SPC's own costs, are generally paid within 30 days.

Dispute resolution

Any dispute relating to overheads of the SPC will be dealt with by the allocated accountant to the SPC. Disputes relating to any of the operating costs will generally be negotiated between the accountant, the PFI team from Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospital NHS Trust and the related subcontractor raising the costs.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2026441%28%8 Apr 2026
H2 2025559%36%23 Oct 2025
H1 2025525%26%7 Apr 2025
H2 2024433%20%17 Oct 2024
H1 2024622%40%3 Apr 2024
H2 2023666%63%24 Oct 2023
H1 2023595%52%18 Apr 2023
H2 2022518%24%18 Oct 2022
H1 2022538%21%14 Apr 2022
H2 2021564%27%4 Oct 2021
H1 20218110%16%19 Apr 2021
H2 2020446%17%12 Oct 2020
H1 2020603%34%29 Jun 2020
H2 2019552%21%30 Oct 2019
H1 2019543%9%23 Apr 2019
H2 20185717%32%16 Oct 2018
H1 20185615%40%30 Apr 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 44-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 44-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £17,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 44-day cycle — about £5,500 more than the same account would carry at 30-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 22 days faster over the window (66 → 44 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 44, 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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