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How long does C.j. Lang & Son Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN SC017664 · Wholesale & retail trade · 9 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Apr 2022

32days
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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Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 30 Apr 2022 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
4 Jan 1934
Registered office
78 LONGTOWN ROAD, TAYSIDE, DD4 8JU
2 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Jan 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 7–238 days. Reported average: 32.

Stated terms7–238d
+25 days
Reported avg32d

At a glance

The key figures

7–238d
their stated terms
37%
invoices paid outside terms
+7d
slower over the window
±3d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 66% of the 819 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 7d
25
25
28
32
26
32
H1 2019H2 2019H1 2020H1 2021H2 2021H1 2022

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 68% 31–60 days 28% 61+ days 4%

The read · computed from their figures

C.j. Lang & Son Limited has filed 9 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2017). Their latest report puts the average at 32 days against stated terms of 7–238 days.

The direction is slower: from 25 to 32 days over the window — about 7 days slower.

In the latest period 37% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 4% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing Offers supply-chain finance

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

The shortest standard period refers to some suppliers that receive rapid payment in order for the Company to earn payment discount. The mode payment terms are 28 days however there are a large range of payment terms which mirrors the considerable number of third party suppliers we contract with. The longest standard payment terms refers only to the various Councils in Scotland who allow payment of business rates over a term of up to 10 months. Should we require to make changes to our standard payment terms with any supplier then we will write to them giving appropriate notice of intended change

Dispute resolution

If any invoice is sin dispute and "on hold" and consequently yet to be authorised, then it is the authoriser's duty to resolve this directly with the supplier and agree a way forward satisfactory to both parties. The Authoriser must advise the outcome to the Purchase Ledger Supervisor.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20223237%4%17 Aug 2022
H2 20212634%3%21 Dec 2021
H1 20213238%3%15 Jul 2021
H1 20202836%4%20 May 2020
H2 20192542%4%20 Dec 2019
H1 20192534%4%16 Jul 2019
H2 20182531%5%4 Dec 2018
H1 20182630%4%30 May 2018
H2 20173335%6%6 Dec 2017

Working-capital effect

What a 32-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 32-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £12,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 32-day cycle — about £9,900 more than the same account would carry at 7-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 7 days slower over the window (25 → 32 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 32, moving within about ±3 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
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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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