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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

GKN Automotive Limited pays suppliers in 57 days on average — inside its 104-day stated terms

CRN 00034104 · Professional & technical services · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Dec 2025

57daysavg time to pay · H2 2025

Their H2 2025 filing puts the average 47 days inside their stated 104-day term.

Slower than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
104 days
Paid outside agreed terms
0% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
45%
Reporting period
1 Jul 2025 – 31 Dec 2025
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 30 Jan 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H2 2025 filing

Paid 47 days inside the 104-day term they state

The pattern · last 6 of 16 reports

75 → 57 days — getting faster

The read · computed from their figures

GKN Automotive Limited's H2 2025 filing puts their average at 57 days against stated terms of 104 days; 0% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 45% took 61 days or longer. Filed 30 Jan 2026.

The direction is faster: from 75 days in H1 2023 to 57 now — 18 days faster across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 88% of the 510 large companies reporting in professional & technical services.

That is 16 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers supply-chain finance

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

The company’s standard terms and conditions of purchase (available at: www.GKNAutomotive.com/GeneralPurchasingConditions) provide that payment will be due on the first bi-weekly GKN payment run date falling ninety (90) days after the later of the date on which: (a) a validly issued invoice is received by GKN; or (b) title to the products passes to GKN and/or the services are provided in full (as applicable). However, in practice these terms only apply in the absence of agreement and the company agrees payment terms with its suppliers on a case by case basis. As referred to below in a subsequent question GKN does offer supply chain finance options in relation to qualifying contracts to certain suppliers however, we can confirm that we currently have no suppliers using supply chain finan

Dispute resolution

Due to the nature of the company’s activities, disputes with its suppliers are very infrequent. The company does not have a formal dispute resolution process. Any disputes or queries should be raised with the relevant company contact for that particular contract (which varies from contract to contract) who will attempt to resolve that dispute with the supplier informally in the first instance. There have been no formal legal disputes about payments/invoices between the company and its suppliers in the reporting period.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H2 2025570%45%30 Jan 2026
H1 2025794%49%31 Oct 2025
H2 2024794%49%10 Feb 2025
H1 20246510%40%30 Jul 2024
H2 20238614%58%30 Jan 2024
H1 20237518%55%27 Jul 2023
H2 20227310%48%18 Jan 2023
H1 2022405%31%23 Jul 2022
H2 2021536%26%19 Jan 2022
H1 20215426%28%29 Jul 2021
H2 20207877%29%27 Jan 2021
H1 20206486%27%27 Jul 2020
H2 20194573%6%30 Jan 2020
H1 20199923%45%30 Jul 2019
H2 20185766%9%29 Jan 2019
H1 20186976%29%31 Jul 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
29 May 1891
Registered office
2660 KINGS COURT, BIRMINGHAM, B37 7YE
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

Open the full record at Companies House.

Quick answers · GKN Automotive Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 18 days faster over the window (75 → 57 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report puts the average at day 57; across their last 6 reports it ranged 57–86 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
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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?
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Is this official government data?
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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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