Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Clear Business Water Limited paid suppliers in 22 days on average — within its stated 4–30 day terms

CRN SC444366 · Water & waste · 10 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Oct 2024

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 31 Oct 2024 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

22daysavg time to pay · H2 2024

Their H2 2024 filing put the average 18 days past the shortest term they state (4 days), still within their 30-day upper term.

Their stated terms: 4–30 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 18% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 1%
Reporting period: 1 May 2024 – 31 Oct 2024
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 3 Apr 2025

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

Terms vs reality · their H2 2024 filing

Paid within their stated range — 22 against 4–30 days

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–40

avg 22d

0 days40 days

reported avg 22 days their filed terms 4–30 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 85% 31–60 days 14% 61+ days 1%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #96888, period 1 May 2024 – 31 Oct 2024, filed 3 Apr 2025 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Clear Business Water Limited paid within its stated range, 18 days past the shortest term. 18% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 1% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H2 2024 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 10 reports

17 → 22 days — slower across the window

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 10 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

5 days slower across the window. From 17 days in H1 2022 to 22 in the H2 2024 filing; the dashed line marks the 4-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Clear Business Water Limited's H2 2024 filing put their average at 22 days against stated terms of 4–30 days; 18% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 1% took 61 days or longer. Filed 3 Apr 2025.

The direction is slower: from 17 days in H1 2022 to 22 now — 5 days slower across their last 6 reports.

That is 10 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2020) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

7 day payment terms are usually agreed with suppliers who are paid commission for introducing new customers. Longer payment terms up to 45 days are usually agreed with larger suppliers who provide services that are resold to customers.

Dispute resolution

All disputes with suppliers are considered by the department who is responsible for the supplied goods or services. Disputes are usually flagged to the supplier within a week of receipt of invoice.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2024	22	18%	1%	3 Apr 2025
H1 2024	20	11%	3%	3 Apr 2025
H2 2023	19	9%	1%	3 Apr 2025
H1 2023	22	23%	2%	3 Apr 2025
H2 2022	18	7%	2%	3 Apr 2025
H1 2022	17	5%	1%	1 Jun 2022
H2 2021	17	7%	1%	14 Dec 2021
H1 2021	36	18%	15%	14 Jun 2021
H2 2020	26	5%	11%	7 Dec 2020
H1 2020	19	11%	2%	15 Jun 2020

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 6 Mar 2013
Registered office: AURORA, GLASGOW, G2 7JS

3 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Jan 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 22-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 22-day vs a 4-day payment cycle.

≈ £8,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 22-day cycle — about £7,100 more than the same account would carry at 4-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 · Clear Business Water Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 5 days slower over the window (17 → 22 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report put the average at day 22; across their last 6 reports it ranged 17–22 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?

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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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