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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Borax Europe Limited pays suppliers in 26 days on average — inside its 30-day stated terms

CRN 00036374 · Wholesale & retail trade · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

26daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 4 days inside their stated 30-day term.

Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
30 days
Paid outside agreed terms
1% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
0%
Reporting period
1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 16 Jul 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid 4 days inside the 30-day term they state

The pattern · last 6 of 17 reports

29 → 26 days — getting faster

The read · computed from their figures

Borax Europe Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 26 days against stated terms of 30 days; 1% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 0% took 61 days or longer. Filed 16 Jul 2026.

The direction is faster: from 29 days in H2 2023 to 26 now — 3 days faster across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Faster than 80% of the 815 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

That is 17 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

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Rio Tinto has in place standard payment terms of “Within 30 days Due net” from receipt of a valid invoice for external suppliers who supply Rio Tinto’s businesses in the UK. Rio Tinto has differing payment terms in other jurisdictions and for other circumstances. Intercompany payments are assigned individual terms.

Dispute resolution

Any disputes relating to payment are initially directed to the Accounts Payable Service desk for resolution. Typical response time of the Accounts Payable Service Desk is within 48 hours. Where the dispute cannot be resolved by the Accounts Payable Service Desk, the concern can be escalated through to the Sourcing Category Owner for assistance in resolution. The Accounts Payable Service Desk & invoice submission contact details are found on the Purchase Order distributed to the supplier.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2026261%0%16 Jul 2026
H2 2025255%0%22 Jan 2026
H1 2025255%1%18 Jul 2025
H2 2024271%0%23 Jan 2025
H1 20243312%5%22 Jul 2024
H2 2023296%2%16 Jan 2024
H1 2023293%1%26 Jul 2023
H2 2022298%0%16 Jan 2023
H1 2022336%2%26 Jul 2022
H2 20213527%6%19 Jan 2022
H1 20214741%20%30 Jul 2021
H2 20204416%8%20 Jan 2021
H1 20204512%15%27 Jul 2020
H2 20194716%24%31 Jan 2020
H1 2019436%25%26 Jul 2019
H2 20183410%10%29 Jan 2019
H1 20183611%11%29 Jul 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
5 May 1892
Registered office
6 ST JAMES'S SQUARE, LONDON, SW1Y 4AD
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

Open the full record at Companies House.

Quick answers · Borax Europe Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 3 days faster over the window (29 → 26 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report puts the average at day 26; across their last 6 reports it ranged 25–33 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
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How UK payment reporting works

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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