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Clapham Park (Metropolitan Countryside) LLP: how it pays its suppliers, from its own filing

Clapham Park (Metropolitan Countryside) LLP reports paying its suppliers in an average of 35 days, with 32% of invoices paid later than the agreed terms, for the period 1 October 2025 to 31 March 2026. Across the 1,496 companies that report on construction contracts, the median is 31 days and 14% late. Every figure below is the company’s own, approved by a director and published on the government register; this page reproduces it and says what it means for a subcontractor.

35 days

Average days to pay

longer than 59% of the 1,496 filers; median 31 days

32%

Paid later than agreed

a higher share than 82% of filers; median 14%

52%

Paid within 30 days

5% took longer than 60 days

The terms it declares

Standard payment terms
0 to 94 days
Maximum contractual period
61 days
Paid in 31 to 60 days
43%
Paid after 60 days
5%
Not paid because of a dispute
0%
Filed on
8 June 2026

Their standard terms, in their words

Where payment relates to services provided by a subcontractor, payment of any sum ascertained as due in accordance with Vistry’s Trade Contract Terms & Conditions shall become due 14 days after the application date (the “payment due date”). The final date for payment is 14 days after the payment due date (i.e. 30 days from the application date). Where the payment relates to goods or services the terms differ and are required to be paid the month after the month of the date of the invoice, unless agreed otherwise.

Every filing since Mar 2025

Clapham Park (Metropolitan Countryside) LLP has filed 3 times. The share paid late is up 13 points on the previous filing, and the average days to pay up 6 days. The first filing, for the period to 31 March 2025, reported 35 days and 19% late.

Clapham Park (Metropolitan Countryside) LLP: share of invoices paid late (bars) and average days to pay (line), every filing since H1 250%25%50%0d30d60dH1 25H2 25H1 26BARS: PAID LATER THAN AGREEDLINE: AVERAGE DAYS TO PAY
The last six filings by Clapham Park (Metropolitan Countryside) LLP
Period toDays to payPaid lateWithin 30 daysOver 60 days
31 March 20263532%52%5%
30 September 20252919%57%4%
31 March 20253519%56%7%

Retention

Retention clauses in construction contracts
yes
Standard retention rate
5%
In all construction contracts
yes
Same terms they receive from their own client
no

What this means if you are pricing work for them

The share paid later than agreed is the number to read first, because a short term makes an invoice late sooner and a long one hides lateness inside the term. Clapham Park (Metropolitan Countryside) LLP is above the median on that measure, so build the delay into your cash flow before you sign. The average days to pay sits over the median.

A worked example on a 30-day term: an invoice of £10,000.00 paid on this company’s average, 5 days after the final date, carries £16.10 of statutory interest at 11.75% plus the fixed sum, £116.10 in all, which the law lets you add without a clause. Run your own figures.

Against the official benchmark: the Department for Business and Trade’s statistics for 2025, published 14 July 2026, put large construction businesses at 33 days to pay with 14% of invoices late by number (13% by value), and all large businesses at 32 days and 15% late. Clapham Park (Metropolitan Countryside) LLP is slower than the sector figure. Its late share is above the sector figure.

What the register does not show: it is self-reported, large companies only, and the filing covers the whole company, not your contract. Read it alongside the notice rules that decide what you are actually owed, and keep your own dates.

Questions subcontractors ask about Clapham Park (Metropolitan Countryside) LLP

How long does Clapham Park (Metropolitan Countryside) LLP take to pay its suppliers?
Clapham Park (Metropolitan Countryside) LLP reported an average of 35 days to pay an invoice for 1 October 2025 to 31 March 2026, with 52% of invoices paid within 30 days and 5% taking longer than 60 days. The official 2025 figure for large construction businesses is 33 days.
Does Clapham Park (Metropolitan Countryside) LLP pay late?
By its own filing, 32% of Clapham Park (Metropolitan Countryside) LLP's invoices were paid later than the agreed terms, against 14% across large construction businesses in 2025 and a median of 14% among the 1,496 companies on this register that declare construction contracts. That is up 13 points on its previous filing (19% for the period to 30 September 2025).
Does Clapham Park (Metropolitan Countryside) LLP hold retention?
Yes. Clapham Park (Metropolitan Countryside) LLP declares retention clauses in its construction contracts at a standard rate of 5%, in all of them. The filing's own wording is quoted above.
Can I charge Clapham Park (Metropolitan Countryside) LLP interest on a late invoice?
Yes, under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998, from the day after the final date for payment, at 8% over the Bank of England base rate plus a fixed sum per invoice, without any clause in the contract. The calculator works it out for your figures.

Source: the company’s own report on the government’s payment practices service, report 112304, made under the Reporting on Payment Practices and Performance Regulations 2017 and reproduced under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Register copy taken 2 October 2026; comparisons are against the latest filing of each of the 1,496 companies declaring construction contracts. Figures are as filed, not judged. Not legal advice.