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How long does City Facilities Management (UK) Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN SC092623 · Administrative & support services · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

66days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Well behindvs 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
4 Apr 1985
Registered office
CALEDONIA HOUSE, GLASGOW, G5 0US
1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 7–90 days. Reported average: 66.

Stated terms7–90d
+59 days
Reported avg66d

At a glance

The key figures

7–90d
their stated terms
29%
invoices paid outside terms
-13d
faster over the window
±2d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 94% of the 608 large companies reporting in administrative & support services.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 7d
79
83
69
66
68
66
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 7% 31–60 days 38% 61+ days 55%

The read · computed from their figures

City Facilities Management (UK) Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 66 days against stated terms of 7–90 days.

The direction is faster: from 79 to 66 days over the window — about 13 days faster.

In the latest period 29% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 55% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Our standard payment terms are to pay undisputed invoices for supply of pre planned services 30 days from the end of the month of invoice receipt and to pay undisputed invoices for supply of goods and reactive services 60 days from the end of the month of invoice receipt. We also operate shorter payment terms for a small number of labour only suppliers.

Dispute resolution

In the first instance, any queries regarding payment of invoices should be directed to the Accounts Payable Team. We will always endeavour to give legitimate and complete explanations for delayed payment and indicate what action the supplier needs to complete in order to expedite settlement. In common with all businesses, we carry out a full range of checks on all invoices against a number of criteria to ensure that the invoice is valid and correct and therefore deserves to be paid within terms as an undisputed invoice. If an invoice fails to pass all criteria we will advise the supplier as soon as possible, explain the nature of the error/query/failure and explain the corrective action that is needed to bring the invoice to undisputed status and allow payment to proceed in a timely ma

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20266629%55%23 Jul 2026
H2 20256831%58%28 Jan 2026
H1 20256625%55%25 Jul 2025
H2 20246923%45%29 Jan 2025
H1 20248323%47%24 Jul 2024
H2 20237935%54%30 Jan 2024
H1 20235143%32%31 Jul 2023
H2 20224925%27%31 Jan 2023
H1 20225031%16%28 Jul 2022
H2 20214731%15%31 Jan 2022
H1 20214029%17%22 Jul 2021
H2 20204230%20%26 Jan 2021
H1 20204529%19%28 Jul 2020
H2 20195228%23%29 Jan 2020
H1 20194330%14%26 Jul 2019
H2 20185344%28%30 Jan 2019
H1 20185736%26%27 Jul 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 66-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 66-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £26,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 66-day cycle — about £23,300 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 13 days faster over the window (79 → 66 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 66, moving within about ±2 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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