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How long does ST Albans Operating Company Limited take to pay its suppliers?

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

25days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Faster 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
24 Jul 2014
Registered office
10 BRICKET ROAD, HERTFORDSHIRE, AL1 3JX
12 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30–110 days. Reported average: 25.

Stated terms30–110d
-5 days
Reported avg25d

At a glance

The key figures

30–110d
their stated terms
0%
invoices paid outside terms
-4d
faster over the window
±4d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 82% of the 819 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 3 statutory reports.

terms 30d
29
32
25
H1 2018H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 86% 31–60 days 14% 61+ days 0%

The read · computed from their figures

ST Albans Operating Company Limited has filed 3 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 25 days against stated terms of 30–110 days.

The direction is faster: from 29 to 25 days over the window — about 4 days faster.

In the latest period 0% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 0% landed 61+ days out.

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

Quick answers

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 reports average around day 25, moving within about ±4 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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