# Find UK construction companies that pay suppliers late

**Use case:** 

Lists large UK construction firms (SIC 41, 42, 43) whose official gov.uk payment practices reports show average payment over 60 days or a high share of invoices paid late. Each row has days to pay, % paid late, value paid late, flags and a link to the official report. For subcontractors, credit controllers and invoice-finance providers.

## Input

```json
{
  "mode": "snapshot",
  "watchlistName": "default",
  "alertOn": "materialChange",
  "emitBaselineOnFirstRun": false,
  "maxReportAgeMonths": 18,
  "sicPrefixes": [
    "41",
    "42",
    "43"
  ],
  "activeOnly": true,
  "minAvgDaysToPay": 45,
  "onlyNoEInvoicing": false,
  "onlyNoSupplyChainFinance": false,
  "requireAnyFlags": [
    "AVG_DAYS_OVER_THRESHOLD",
    "HIGH_SHARE_PAID_LATE"
  ],
  "sortBy": "latePaymentScore",
  "maxResults": 25,
  "termThresholdDays": 60,
  "worseningThresholdDays": 5,
  "worseningThresholdPctPoints": 10,
  "highLateSharePct": 30,
  "includeCompaniesHouse": true,
  "chEnrichment": "auto",
  "maxApiLookups": 300,
  "cacheHours": 12,
  "forceRefresh": false
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "companyName": {
    "label": "Company name",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "companyNumber": {
    "label": "Company number",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "avgDaysToPay": {
    "label": "Avg days to pay",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "pctInvoicesPaidWithin30Days": {
    "label": "Pct invoices paid within30days"
  },
  "pctInvoicesPaid31To60Days": {
    "label": "Pct invoices paid31to60days"
  },
  "pctInvoicesPaidOver60Days": {
    "label": "Pct invoices paid over60days",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "pctNotPaidWithinAgreedTerms": {
    "label": "Pct not paid within agreed terms",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "pctNotPaidDueToDispute": {
    "label": "Pct not paid due to dispute"
  },
  "valuePaidLaterThanAgreedTermsGBP": {
    "label": "Value paid later than agreed terms gbp"
  },
  "reportingPeriodEnd": {
    "label": "Reporting period end"
  },
  "flags": {
    "label": "Flags",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "reportUrl": {
    "label": "Report url",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "companiesHouseStatus": {
    "label": "Companies house status",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The UK Late Payers & Payment Practices Scraper Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Find UK construction companies that pay suppliers late". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/QVdF9dF9934nSENXh) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Find UK construction companies that pay suppliers late" task

The UK Late Payers & Payment Practices Scraper Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like mode, watchlist name (monitor mode), and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Find UK construction companies that pay suppliers late" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as company name, company number, avg days to pay, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "Find UK construction companies that pay suppliers late" task via API](https://apify.com/battles_2026/uk-late-payer-signals.md).

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [UK Late Payers & Payment Practices Scraper](https://apify.com/battles_2026/uk-late-payer-signals.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/battles_2026/uk-late-payer-signals.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/battles_2026/uk-late-payer-signals.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).