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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

J. & P. Coats, Limited pays suppliers in 36 days on average — 6 days past its stated terms

CRN SC002042 · Professional & technical services · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

36daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 6 days past the 30-day term they state.

Slower than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
30 days
Paid outside agreed terms
31% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
9%
Reporting period
1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 30 Jul 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid 6 days past their stated terms

The pattern · last 6 of 17 reports

43 → 36 days — getting faster

The read · computed from their figures

J. & P. Coats, Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 36 days against stated terms of 30 days; 31% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 9% took 61 days or longer. Filed 30 Jul 2026.

The direction is faster: from 43 days in H2 2023 to 36 now — 7 days faster across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 63% of the 510 large companies reporting in professional & technical services.

That is 17 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

45% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

30 day standard payment terms

Dispute resolution

We aim to resolve disputes or queries regarding invoices and payment as quickly as possible. When an invoice dispute is received, it should if possible be resolved with our Accounts Payable team. If this is not possible, the query will be escalated to the business contact and a relevant senior finance contact if necessary. When resolved, the invoice will be available for payment on the next standard payment run. For contractual disputes, not necessarily related to payment date enquiries, you should follow the procedure contractually agreed and, if none, then please contact the individual who ordered the goods or services.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20263631%9%30 Jul 2026
H2 20253525%7%29 Jan 2026
H1 20254129%12%30 Jul 2025
H2 20244133%11%27 Jan 2025
H1 20244137%15%30 Jul 2024
H2 20234334%14%31 Jan 2024
H1 20234339%15%26 Jul 2023
H2 20224341%17%26 Jan 2023
H1 20224440%16%29 Jul 2022
H2 20214534%12%28 Jan 2022
H1 20214342%17%29 Jul 2021
H2 20205146%22%29 Jan 2021
H1 20204854%21%30 Jul 2020
H2 20194848%21%30 Jan 2020
H1 20194947%17%25 Jul 2019
H2 20184954%20%29 Jan 2019
H1 20184757%18%26 Jul 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
6 Aug 1890
Registered office
1 GEORGE SQUARE, GLASGOW, G2 1AL
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 36-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 36-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £14,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 36-day cycle — about £2,400 more than the same account would carry at 30-day terms.

Late Payment Act. The Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 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 · J. & P. Coats, Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 7 days faster over the window (43 → 36 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report puts the average at day 36; across their last 6 reports it ranged 35–43 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
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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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