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How long does Clear Business Water Limited take to pay its suppliers?

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

22days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Faster 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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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.

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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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 4–30 days. Reported average: 22.

Stated terms4–30d
+18 days
Reported avg22d

At a glance

The key figures

4–30d
their stated terms
18%
invoices paid outside terms
+5d
slower over the window
±2d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 87% of the 62 large companies reporting in water & waste.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 4d
17
18
22
19
20
22
H1 2022H2 2022H1 2023H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

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

The read · computed from their figures

Clear Business Water Limited has filed 10 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2020). Their latest report puts the average at 22 days against stated terms of 4–30 days.

The direction is slower: from 17 to 22 days over the window — about 5 days slower.

In the latest period 18% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 1% landed 61+ days out.

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.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H2 20242218%1%3 Apr 2025
H1 20242011%3%3 Apr 2025
H2 2023199%1%3 Apr 2025
H1 20232223%2%3 Apr 2025
H2 2022187%2%3 Apr 2025
H1 2022175%1%1 Jun 2022
H2 2021177%1%14 Dec 2021
H1 20213618%15%14 Jun 2021
H2 2020265%11%7 Dec 2020
H1 20201911%2%15 Jun 2020

Working-capital effect

What a 22-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. 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 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 (17 → 22 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 22, 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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