Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

James Donaldson & Sons Limited pays suppliers in 36 days on average — within its stated 7–365 day terms

CRN SC010528 · Manufacturing · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Sept 2026

36daysavg time to pay · H2 2026

Their H2 2026 filing puts the average 29 days past the shortest term they state (7 days), still within their 365-day upper term.

Slower than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers

Their stated terms: 7–365 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 25% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 10%
Reporting period: 1 Apr 2026 – 30 Sept 2026
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 12 Oct 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H2 2026 filing

Paid within their stated range — 36 against 7–365 days

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–395

avg 36d

0 days395 days

reported avg 36 days their filed terms 7–365 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 72% 31–60 days 18% 61+ days 10%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #117368, period 1 Apr 2026 – 30 Sept 2026, filed 12 Oct 2026 · gov.uk payment-practices service

James Donaldson & Sons Limited pays within its stated range, 29 days past the shortest term. 25% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 10% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H2 2026 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 17 reports

30 → 36 days — slowing down

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 17 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

6 days slower across the window. From 30 days in H1 2024 to 36 in the H2 2026 filing; the dashed line marks the 7-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

James Donaldson & Sons Limited's H2 2026 filing puts their average at 36 days against stated terms of 7–365 days; 25% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 10% took 61 days or longer. Filed 12 Oct 2026.

The direction is slower: from 30 days in H1 2024 to 36 now — 6 days slower across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Faster than 72% of the 977 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

That is 17 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

The majority of our contracted terms are 30 days, with others being 7, 10, 14, 21 and 28 days. There are a few that are paid by instalments over a 365 day period.

Dispute resolution

If there is a dispute, the person who authorises the invoice, depending on which department the invoice is authorised by, would contact the relevant persons to raise the query or dispute and bring the matter to a resolution by communicating with the relevant persons.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2026	36	25%	10%	12 Oct 2026
H1 2026	33	26%	8%	14 Apr 2026
H2 2025	32	19%	6%	24 Oct 2025
H1 2025	29	15%	6%	18 Apr 2025
H2 2024	30	22%	7%	14 Oct 2024
H1 2024	30	19%	8%	22 Apr 2024
H2 2023	39	37%	14%	16 Oct 2023
H1 2023	32	24%	7%	12 Sept 2023
H2 2022	31	29%	9%	20 Feb 2023
H1 2022	32	30%	9%	11 Aug 2022
H2 2021	29	36%	9%	27 Oct 2021
H1 2021	24	16%	4%	23 Apr 2021
H2 2020	29	33%	6%	30 Oct 2020
H1 2020	19	5%	2%	9 Apr 2020
H2 2019	29	6%	1%	10 Oct 2019
H1 2019	23	8%	0%	2 Apr 2019
H2 2018	20	12%	0%	8 Oct 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 15 Jul 1919
Registered office: DONALDSON HOUSE SALTIRE CENTRE, GLENROTHES, KY6 2AG

16 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Jun 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 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £14,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 36-day cycle — about £11,400 more than the same account would carry at 7-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 · James Donaldson & Sons Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 6 days slower over the window (30 → 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 29–36 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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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?

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Is this official government data?

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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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