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Holcim UK Cement Ltd: how it pays its suppliers, from its own filing
Holcim UK Cement Ltd reports paying its suppliers in an average of 74 days, with 9% of invoices paid later than the agreed terms, for the period 1 January 2026 to 30 June 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.
74 days
Average days to pay
longer than 98% of the 1,496 filers; median 31 days
9%
Paid later than agreed
a higher share than 33% of filers; median 14%
6%
Paid within 30 days
60% took longer than 60 days
The terms it declares
- Standard payment terms
- 0 to 123 days
- Maximum contractual period
- 130 days
- Paid in 31 to 60 days
- 34%
- Paid after 60 days
- 60%
- Not paid because of a dispute
- 0%
- Filed on
- 30 July 2026
Their standard terms, in their words
Holcim UK Cement offer a range of payment terms to their supply chain. Payment terms are agreed at point of contracting with a new supplier. Any changes to supplier terms are agreed with the supplier and processed through an internal approval system before updating the suppliers master data record.
Every filing since Jun 2019
Holcim UK Cement Ltd has filed 15 times. The share paid late is down 4 points on the previous filing, and the average days to pay down 4 days. The first filing, for the period to 30 June 2019, reported 69 days and 10% late.
| Period to | Days to pay | Paid late | Within 30 days | Over 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2026 | 74 | 9% | 6% | 60% |
| 31 December 2025 | 78 | 13% | 5% | 65% |
| 30 June 2025 | 69 | 11% | 7% | 56% |
| 31 December 2024 | 71 | 15% | 8% | 56% |
| 30 June 2024 | 71 | 12% | 7% | 60% |
| 31 December 2023 | 71 | 13% | 8% | 57% |
Retention
- Retention clauses in construction contracts
- yes
- Standard retention rate
- not stated
- In all construction contracts
- no
- Same terms they receive from their own client
- no
- When they apply retention
- Where we are the employer our standard approach is to include retention clauses in construction contracts. However, it is typical for construction contracts to be heavily negotiated so the final version of the construction contract may or may not have retention provision remaining and if it does remain it may be heavily modified.
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. Holcim UK Cement Ltd is at or below the median on that measure. 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, 44 days after the final date, carries £141.64 of statutory interest at 11.75% plus the fixed sum, £241.64 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. Holcim UK Cement Ltd is slower than the sector figure. Its late share is at or below 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 Holcim UK Cement Ltd
- How long does Holcim UK Cement Ltd take to pay its suppliers?
- Holcim UK Cement Ltd reported an average of 74 days to pay an invoice for 1 January 2026 to 30 June 2026, with 6% of invoices paid within 30 days and 60% taking longer than 60 days. The official 2025 figure for large construction businesses is 33 days.
- Does Holcim UK Cement Ltd pay late?
- By its own filing, 9% of Holcim UK Cement Ltd'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 down 4 points on its previous filing (13% for the period to 31 December 2025).
- Does Holcim UK Cement Ltd hold retention?
- Yes. Holcim UK Cement Ltd declares retention clauses in its construction contracts, though not in all of them. The filing's own wording is quoted above.
- Can I charge Holcim UK Cement Ltd 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 115344, 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.
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