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How long does Woodbridge Timber Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN SC083339 · Wholesale & retail trade · 15 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Sept 2025

37days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Slower than mostvs 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
2 Jun 1983
Registered office
ALDERSTONE HOUSE, LIVINGSTON, EH54 7AW
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 0–70 days. Reported average: 37.

Stated terms0–70d
+37 days
Reported avg37d

At a glance

The key figures

0–70d
their stated terms
3%
invoices paid outside terms
+5d
slower over the window
±5d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 51% of the 819 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

32
31
32
30
27
37
H1 2023H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 31% 31–60 days 68% 61+ days 1%

The read · computed from their figures

Woodbridge Timber Limited has filed 15 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 37 days against stated terms of 0–70 days.

The direction is slower: from 32 to 37 days over the window — about 5 days slower.

In the latest period 3% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 1% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

The majority of our suppliers are paid Net Monthly (end of month following invoice) by cheque or bank transfer. Other terms are negotiated on a supplier by supplier basis.

Dispute resolution

Disputes over payments can be discussed with the accounts team and on resolution of the dispute, we will aim to rectify any outstanding payment by the end of the following week.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H2 2025373%1%3 Nov 2025
H1 2025270%0%1 May 2025
H2 2024300%1%30 Oct 2024
H1 2024321%0%22 Apr 2024
H2 2023311%1%25 Oct 2023
H1 2023321%1%19 Apr 2023
H2 2022311%0%26 Oct 2022
H1 2022311%1%2 May 2022
H2 2021312%0%25 Oct 2021
H1 2021332%1%27 Apr 2021
H2 2020344%4%30 Oct 2020
H1 2020364%4%29 May 2020
H2 2019373%4%31 Oct 2019
H1 2019407%7%25 Apr 2019
H2 2018406%6%5 Nov 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 37-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 37-day vs a 0-day payment cycle.

≈ £14,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 37-day cycle — about £14,600 more than the same account would carry at 0-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 5 days slower over the window (32 → 37 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 37, 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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