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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

ST Albans Operating Company Limited pays suppliers in 25 days on average — inside its shortest stated term

CRN 09146965 · Wholesale & retail trade · 3 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

25daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 5 days inside the shortest term they state (30 days).

Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
30–110 days
Paid outside agreed terms
0% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
0%
Reporting period
1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 29 Jul 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid 5 days inside the 30-day term they state

The pattern · last 3 of 3 reports

29 → 25 days — getting faster

The read · computed from their figures

ST Albans Operating Company Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 25 days against stated terms of 30–110 days; 0% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 0% took 61 days or longer. Filed 29 Jul 2026.

The direction is faster: from 29 days in H1 2018 to 25 now — 4 days faster across their last 3 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Faster than 81% of the 815 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

That is 3 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers supply-chain finance

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard payment terms are 30 days from the date of invoice for the majority of qualifying contracts. For fuel suppliers, we operate extended terms of up to 110 days due to sector‑specific arrangements. These are the terms we use most frequently; any alternative terms are agreed on a contract‑by‑contract basis.

Dispute resolution

If a supplier has a query regarding an invoice or payment it will be handled by our Accounts Payable teams through both telephone and email. Once it is logged, there is a resolution and escalation process in place.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2026250%0%29 Jul 2026
H2 2025320%1%15 Apr 2026
H1 2018291%1%7 Aug 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
24 Jul 2014
Registered office
10 BRICKET ROAD, HERTFORDSHIRE, AL1 3JX
12 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2026 — overdue

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Quick answers · ST Albans Operating Company Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 4 days faster over the window (29 → 25 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report puts the average at day 25; across their last 3 reports it ranged 25–32 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
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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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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