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How long does Heron Bros. Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN NI016051 · Construction · 6 statutory reports on record · period to 28 Feb 2026

27days
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
2 Sept 1982
Registered office
2,ST.PATRICK'S STREET,, CO.LONDONDERRY, BT45 7AL
7 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Aug 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 14–60 days. Reported average: 27.

Stated terms14–60d
+13 days
Reported avg27d

At a glance

The key figures

14–60d
their stated terms
6%
invoices paid outside terms
-8d
faster over the window
±3d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 77% of the 385 large companies reporting in construction.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 14d
35
32
30
33
31
27
H1 2018H1 2019H1 2019H1 2020H1 2020H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 81% 31–60 days 16% 61+ days 3%

The read · computed from their figures

Heron Bros. Limited has filed 6 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 27 days against stated terms of 14–60 days.

The direction is faster: from 35 to 27 days over the window — about 8 days faster.

In the latest period 6% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 3% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Contract payment terms are agreed as part of individual contract negotiations. Payment terms are generally 45 days or 10 days from end of month.

Dispute resolution

The company has a dispute resolution policy which involves direct communication between our accounts and surveying departments and our suppliers/supply chain, to establish the facts about the dispute. If resolution is not reached it is escalated to the Senior Management and Directors.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2026276%3%28 Jun 2026
H1 2020317%5%11 Feb 2021
H1 2020338%8%11 Feb 2021
H1 2019307%11%30 Sept 2019
H1 2019327%12%29 Mar 2019
H1 2018359%8%28 Sept 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 27-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 27-day vs a 14-day payment cycle.

≈ £10,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 27-day cycle — about £5,100 more than the same account would carry at 14-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 8 days faster over the window (35 → 27 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 27, moving within about ±3 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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