Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Mears Scotland LLP paid suppliers in 36 days on average — within its stated 7–60 day terms

CRN SO303104 · 14 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Dec 2024

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

36daysavg time to pay · H2 2024

Their H2 2024 filing put the average 29 days past the shortest term they state (7 days), still within their 60-day upper term.

Their stated terms: 7–60 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 12% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 6%
Reporting period: 1 Jul 2024 – 31 Dec 2024
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 13 Jan 2025

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

Terms vs reality · their H2 2024 filing

Paid within their stated range — 36 against 7–60 days

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

avg 36d

0 days65 days

reported avg 36 days their filed terms 7–60 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 48% 31–60 days 46% 61+ days 6%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #92327, period 1 Jul 2024 – 31 Dec 2024, filed 13 Jan 2025 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Mears Scotland LLP paid within its stated range, 29 days past the shortest term. 12% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 6% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H2 2024 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 14 reports

Held steady around 36 days

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

Steady around 36 days. Their reported average has moved within about ±3 days period to period; the dashed line marks the 7-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Mears Scotland LLP's H2 2024 filing put their average at 36 days against stated terms of 7–60 days; 12% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 6% took 61 days or longer. Filed 13 Jan 2025.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±3 days period to period.

That is 14 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing Offers supply-chain finance

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Suppliers: 30 days nett monthly (smaller non-core suppliers) or 60 days nett monthly (larger core suppliers) Subcontractors 30 days nett monthly (standard terms) or all approved invoices paid 6/16/26th of the month (Mears Payables)

Dispute resolution

Mears Scotland LLP actively seeks to resolve disputes by discussing with relevant personnel at the supplier. Discussions may involve accounts payable and credit control, procurement and commercial teams as well as members of management where necessary.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2024	36	12%	6%	13 Jan 2025
H1 2024	34	8%	2%	13 Jan 2025
H2 2023	32	12%	1%	5 Feb 2024
H1 2023	31	16%	2%	30 Jul 2023
H2 2022	38	25%	6%	12 Jan 2023
H1 2022	37	26%	8%	3 Aug 2022
H2 2021	39	31%	9%	10 Feb 2022
H1 2021	36	37%	10%	1 Sept 2021
H2 2020	38	35%	8%	30 Jan 2021
H1 2020	38	39%	13%	31 Jul 2020
H2 2019	41	23%	20%	1 Feb 2020
H1 2019	45	6%	17%	27 Jul 2019
H2 2018	48	9%	22%	9 Feb 2019
H1 2018	46	29%	21%	30 Jul 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Limited Liability Partnership
Incorporated: 17 Nov 2010
Registered office: PHOENIX HOUSE, GLASGOW, ML5 4AA

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 36-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 36-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £14,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 36-day cycle — about £11,400 more than the same account would carry at 7-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 · Mears Scotland LLP

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average was steady — within about ±3 days period to period, around 36 days.

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports averaged around day 36, moving within about ±3 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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