Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

James Johnston & Co. of Elgin Limited paid suppliers in 55 days on average — 48 days past its stated terms

CRN SC022553 · Manufacturing · 6 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Dec 2020

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 31 Dec 2020 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

55daysavg time to pay · H2 2020

Their H2 2020 filing put the average 48 days past the 7-day term they state.

Their stated terms: 7 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 12% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 15%
Reporting period: 1 Jul 2020 – 31 Dec 2020
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 20 Jan 2021

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

Terms vs reality · their H2 2020 filing

Paid 48 days past their stated terms

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–60

avg 55d

0 days60 days

reported avg 55 days their filed terms 7 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 41% 31–60 days 44% 61+ days 15%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #39262, period 1 Jul 2020 – 31 Dec 2020, filed 20 Jan 2021 · gov.uk payment-practices service

James Johnston & Co. of Elgin Limited paid 48 days past its own stated terms. 12% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 15% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H2 2020 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 6 reports

45 → 55 days — slower across the window

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

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

10 days slower across the window. From 45 days in H1 2018 to 55 in the H2 2020 filing; the dashed line marks the 7-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

James Johnston & Co. of Elgin Limited's H2 2020 filing put their average at 55 days against stated terms of 7 days; 12% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 15% took 61 days or longer. Filed 20 Jan 2021.

The direction is slower: from 45 days in H1 2018 to 55 now — 10 days slower across their last 6 reports.

That is 6 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

The standard payment terms are for invoices to be settled at the end of the month following the month in which the invoice has been submitted (e.g. an invoice that is dated January will be settled at the end of February). In practice, this means that invoices will be settled in between 28 days and 61 days.

Dispute resolution

Any disputes should be notified to the Accounts Payable team which can be contacted on [email protected]. Any complaints or concerns that are not resolved by the Accounts Payable team in an acceptable timescale can then be escalated to the Group Financial Controller, who the Accounts Payable team report to.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2020	55	12%	15%	20 Jan 2021
H1 2020	47	16%	19%	26 Aug 2020
H2 2019	40	5%	7%	29 Jan 2020
H1 2019	40	6%	9%	4 Jul 2019
H2 2018	47	9%	12%	28 Jan 2019
H1 2018	45	10%	12%	20 Jul 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 25 Sept 1943
Registered office: NEWMILL, IV30 4AF

3 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 55-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 55-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £21,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 55-day cycle — about £18,900 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 Johnston & Co. of Elgin Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 10 days slower over the window (45 → 55 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report put the average at day 55; across their last 6 reports it ranged 40–55 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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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