Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Ward Security Limited pays suppliers in 27 days on average — inside its shortest stated term

CRN 05607258 · Public administration · 2 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Dec 2025

27daysavg time to pay · H2 2025

Their H2 2025 filing puts the average 3 days inside the shortest term they state (30 days).

Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers

Their stated terms: 30–45 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 0% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 1%
Reporting period: 1 Jul 2025 – 31 Dec 2025
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 4 Mar 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H2 2025 filing

Paid 3 days inside the 30-day term they state

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–50

avg 27d

0 days50 days

reported avg 27 days their filed terms 30–45 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 58% 31–60 days 41% 61+ days 1%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #109688, period 1 Jul 2025 – 31 Dec 2025, filed 4 Mar 2026 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Ward Security Limited pays 3 days inside the shortest term it states. 0% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 1% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H2 2025 filing.

The read · computed from their figures

Ward Security Limited's H2 2025 filing puts their average at 27 days against stated terms of 30–45 days; 0% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 1% took 61 days or longer. Filed 4 Mar 2026.

On the latest reported averages: Faster than 63% of large companies reporting.

That is 2 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2025) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

30 days on receipt

Dispute resolution

Escalation initially to PO owner. Then to FC and FD.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2025	27	0%	1%	4 Mar 2026
H1 2025	31	0%	3%	4 Mar 2026

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 31 Oct 2005
Registered office: WARD SECURITY HEAD OFFICE FITTED RIGGING HOUSE, CHATHAM, ME4 4TZ

3 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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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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