Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Petroleum Experts Limited pays suppliers in 17 days on average — within its stated 1–60 day terms

CRN SC126553 · Professional & technical services · 14 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Sept 2025

17daysavg time to pay · H2 2025

Their H2 2025 filing puts the average 16 days past the shortest term they state (1 days), still within their 60-day upper term.

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

Their stated terms: 1–60 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 7% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 3%
Reporting period: 1 Apr 2025 – 30 Sept 2025
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 29 Oct 2025

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

Terms vs reality · their H2 2025 filing

Paid within their stated range — 17 against 1–60 days

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–65

avg 17d

0 days65 days

reported avg 17 days their filed terms 1–60 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 84% 31–60 days 13% 61+ days 3%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #104196, period 1 Apr 2025 – 30 Sept 2025, filed 29 Oct 2025 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Petroleum Experts Limited pays within its stated range, 16 days past the shortest term. 7% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 3% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H2 2025 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 14 reports

20 → 17 days — getting faster

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 14 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

3 days faster across the window. From 20 days in H1 2023 to 17 in the H2 2025 filing; the dashed line marks the 1-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Petroleum Experts Limited's H2 2025 filing puts their average at 17 days against stated terms of 1–60 days; 7% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 3% took 61 days or longer. Filed 29 Oct 2025.

The direction is faster: from 20 days in H1 2023 to 17 now — 3 days faster across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Faster than 86% of the 510 large companies reporting in professional & technical services.

That is 14 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2019) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Net payment by bank transfer due by XX/XX/XXXX (XX Days) Please do not make any deductions to the total amount. If tax applies and it has not been added, please contact XX directly before proceeding with the payment.

Dispute resolution

The laws of Scotland shall govern this Agreement. All disputes in connection with this Agreement shall be finally settled under the Rules of Conciliation and Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce by one or more arbitrators appointed in accordance with the Rules. The place of arbitration shall be Edinburgh, Scotland.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2025	17	7%	3%	29 Oct 2025
H1 2025	15	8%	0%	30 Apr 2025
H2 2024	18	7%	2%	31 Oct 2024
H1 2024	17	5%	1%	30 Apr 2024
H2 2023	20	3%	0%	1 Nov 2023
H1 2023	20	1%	0%	27 Apr 2023
H2 2022	21	2%	1%	31 Oct 2022
H1 2022	21	2%	0%	22 Apr 2022
H2 2021	24	9%	0%	13 Oct 2021
H1 2021	19	7%	0%	9 Apr 2021
H2 2020	18	4%	1%	28 Oct 2020
H1 2020	14	6%	1%	24 Apr 2020
H2 2019	18	10%	1%	29 Oct 2019
H1 2019	23	17%	3%	30 Apr 2019

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 2 Aug 1990
Registered office: PETEX HOUSE, EDINBURGH, EH7 4HG

1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Jun 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 17-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 17-day vs a 1-day payment cycle.

≈ £6,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 17-day cycle — about £6,300 more than the same account would carry at 1-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 · Petroleum Experts Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 3 days faster over the window (20 → 17 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report puts the average at day 17; across their last 6 reports it ranged 15–20 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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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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