Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Williams Advanced Engineering Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 08012215 · Manufacturing · 8 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Dec 2024

40days

their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period

Well behindvs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

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

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.

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 29 Mar 2012
Registered office: THE FORTESCUE BUILDING, KIDLINGTON, OX5 1GB

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 29 Mar 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 60 days. Reported average: 40.

Stated terms60d

-20 days

Reported avg40d

At a glance

The key figures

60d

their stated terms

73%

invoices paid outside terms

±24d

variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Faster than 63% of the 992 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

The pattern

Holding steady

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 60d

H1 2020H2 2020H1 2021H2 2021H1 2022H2 2024

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 19% 31–60 days 53% 61+ days 28%

The read · computed from their figures

Williams Advanced Engineering Limited has filed 8 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2019). Their latest report puts the average at 40 days against stated terms of 60 days.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±24 days period to period.

In the latest period 73% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 28% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

60 days EOM

Dispute resolution

The complaint or concern will be investigated by the Procurement & Finance teams and a response will be agreed collectively before being approved by a senior member of staff.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2024	40	73%	28%	2 May 2025
H1 2022	87	89%	64%	8 Oct 2024
H2 2021	42	76%	16%	23 Feb 2022
H1 2021	39	70%	14%	30 Jul 2021
H2 2020	46	37%	23%	15 Apr 2021
H1 2020	42	23%	20%	17 Jul 2020
H2 2019	44	29%	19%	27 Jan 2020
H1 2019	38	41%	14%	24 Jul 2019

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average is steady — within about ±24 days period to period, around 40 days.

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 40, moving within about ±24 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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