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How long does James Jones & Sons Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN SC005832 · Manufacturing · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Dec 2025

31days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Around averagevs 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
31 Mar 1905
Registered office
BROOMAGE AVENUE, FK5 4NQ
7 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 14–0 days. Reported average: 31.

Stated terms14–0d
+17 days
Reported avg31d

At a glance

The key figures

14–0d
their stated terms
22%
invoices paid outside terms
-8d
faster over the window
±5d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 84% of the 992 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 14d
39
41
39
41
38
31
H1 2023H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 39% 31–60 days 45% 61+ days 16%

The read · computed from their figures

James Jones & Sons Limited has filed 16 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 31 days against stated terms of 14–0 days.

The direction is faster: from 39 to 31 days over the window — about 8 days faster.

In the latest period 22% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 16% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

James Jones & Sons standard payment terms are for goods and services to be paid on the 12th of the second month following the date of invoice. This means the terms can vary between 40 and 74 days. There are several suppliers with shorter payment terms agreed on a written basis.

Dispute resolution

James Jones & Sons endeavour to resolve all disputes in a fair and timely manner. They are resolved by discussions between the supplier, Accounts Payable team and the appropriate cost centre manager of the goods / services and when not possible, it is escalated to Director level.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H2 20253122%16%18 Feb 2026
H1 20253812%13%29 Jul 2025
H2 2024419%13%11 Feb 2025
H1 20243914%12%31 Jul 2024
H2 20234112%14%31 Jan 2024
H1 20233912%12%28 Jul 2023
H2 20224010%14%2 Feb 2023
H1 20224013%15%29 Jul 2022
H2 20214212%15%8 Feb 2022
H1 2021439%13%27 Aug 2021
H2 2020427%16%22 Feb 2021
H1 2020417%13%29 Jul 2020
H2 20194120%13%29 Jan 2020
H1 20194140%12%7 Aug 2019
H2 20184243%15%31 Jan 2019
H1 20184437%15%27 Jul 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 31-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 31-day vs a 14-day payment cycle.

≈ £12,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 31-day cycle — about £6,700 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 (39 → 31 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 31, moving within about ±5 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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