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How long does Castrol Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00149435 · Professional & technical services · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

28days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Well behindvs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

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

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On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
23 Jan 1918
Registered office
TECHNOLOGY CENTRE, PANGBOURNE, RG8 7QR
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 0 days. Reported average: 28.

Stated terms0d
+28 days
Reported avg28d

At a glance

The key figures

0d
their stated terms
100%
invoices paid outside terms
+18d
slower over the window
±6d
variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 58% of the 530 large companies reporting in professional & technical services.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

10
31
18
20
30
28
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 80% 31–60 days 0% 61+ days 20%

The read · computed from their figures

Castrol Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 28 days against stated terms of 0 days.

The direction is slower: from 10 to 28 days over the window — about 18 days slower.

In the latest period 100% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 20% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Payment code: Prompt Payment Code

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard contractual terms for the payment to suppliers provides specified dates as set out in the relevant contract and so the shortest and longest standard payment periods are indicated as one day. Payment terms in contracts that do not follow this standard form may be for longer periods.

Dispute resolution

The Company will notify suppliers of any invoice disputes. The Company and the supplier will endeavour to resolve all disputes by agreement of the parties. Once resolved payment will be made in accordance with agreed terms. If these discussions are unsuccessful then the dispute will be resolved by reference to arbitration or courts (as specified in the contract).

Other information

Payment statistics disclosed in this report can be affected by a number of different factors including payments made to other BP group companies which are included within the data disclosed. Invoices are often reported as due but not paid within agreed terms because BACS transfers to suppliers arrive in the supplier’s bank account two business days after leaving the company’s bank account contract payments due on weekends or bank holidays are typically paid on the following business day and the company typically initiates payments in batches on a daily basis; where this is the case payments will normally be received by the supplier within a few days of the due date.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 202628100%20%28 Jul 2026
H2 2025300%0%30 Jan 2026
H1 2025200%0%30 Jul 2025
H2 2024180%0%30 Jan 2025
H1 20243114%29%30 Jul 2024
H2 2023100%0%29 Jan 2024
H1 2023140%0%24 Jul 2023
H2 202290%0%27 Jan 2023
H1 2022160%0%28 Jul 2022
H2 2021190%0%26 Jan 2022
H1 202160%0%27 Jul 2021
H2 202080%0%25 Jan 2021
H1 202060%0%29 Jul 2020
H2 2019100%4%29 Jan 2020
H1 2019120%0%29 Jul 2019
H2 2018150%6%30 Jan 2019
H1 2018140%14%27 Jul 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 28-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 28-day vs a 0-day payment cycle.

≈ £11,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 28-day cycle — about £11,000 more than the same account would carry at 0-day terms.

Late Payment Act. The Late Payment of Commercial Debts Act lets a supplier charge statutory interest and fixed compensation on invoices paid past agreed terms. Work out what a late invoice is worth → Whether it applies depends on your contract — check with an adviser.

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 18 days slower over the window (10 → 28 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 28, moving within about ±6 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
Can I see what this means for my invoices?
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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 6,185 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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