Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Chemring Energetics UK Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN SC237472 · Public administration · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Apr 2026

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.

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 30 Sept 2002
Registered office: TROON HOUSE, STEVENSTON, KA20 3LN

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Jul 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30 days. Reported average: 37.

Stated terms30d

+7 days

Reported avg37d

At a glance

The key figures

30d

their stated terms

30%

invoices paid outside terms

-13d

faster over the window

±7d

variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 63% of large companies reporting.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d

H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 16% 31–60 days 54% 61+ days 30%

The read · computed from their figures

Chemring Energetics UK Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 37 days against stated terms of 30 days.

The direction is faster: from 50 to 37 days over the window — about 13 days faster.

In the latest period 30% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 30% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

5% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

30 days end of month from invoice date

Dispute resolution

Contact supplier, discuss & agree way forward

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	37	30%	30%	17 Jul 2026
H2 2025	51	24%	24%	18 Dec 2025
H1 2025	46	16%	16%	14 May 2025
H2 2024	48	15%	15%	14 Nov 2024
H1 2024	47	9%	9%	12 Aug 2024
H2 2023	50	18%	18%	21 Feb 2024
H1 2023	45	8%	8%	26 Jun 2023
H2 2022	43	13%	13%	17 Nov 2022
H1 2022	29	13%	1%	24 May 2022
H2 2021	46	11%	11%	30 Nov 2021
H1 2021	47	10%	10%	7 Jun 2021
H2 2020	51	12%	12%	1 Dec 2020
H1 2020	42	9%	9%	5 Jun 2020
H2 2019	41	7%	7%	5 Jun 2020
H1 2019	36	7%	7%	29 May 2019
H2 2018	44	3%	3%	29 Nov 2018
H1 2018	39	12%	12%	22 May 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 37-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 37-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £14,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 37-day cycle — about £2,800 more than the same account would carry at 30-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 (50 → 37 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 37, moving within about ±7 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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