Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

B.A.T (U.K. and Export) Limited paid suppliers in 29 days on average — inside its 120-day stated terms

CRN 00239762 · Manufacturing · 8 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Dec 2021

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 31 Dec 2021 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

29daysavg time to pay · H2 2021

Their H2 2021 filing put the average 91 days inside their stated 120-day term.

Their stated terms: 120 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 7% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 0%
Reporting period: 1 Jul 2021 – 31 Dec 2021
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 23 Jan 2022

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

Terms vs reality · their H2 2021 filing

Paid 91 days inside the 120-day term they state

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–130

avg 29d

0 days130 days

reported avg 29 days their filed terms 0–120 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 53% 31–60 days 47% 61+ days 0%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #52979, period 1 Jul 2021 – 31 Dec 2021, filed 23 Jan 2022 · gov.uk payment-practices service

B.A.T (U.K. and Export) Limited paid 91 days inside its stated 120-day term. 7% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 0% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H2 2021 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 8 reports

34 → 29 days — faster across the window

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 8 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

5 days faster across the window. From 34 days in H1 2019 to 29 in the H2 2021 filing; the dashed line marks the 120-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

B.A.T (U.K. and Export) Limited's H2 2021 filing put their average at 29 days against stated terms of 120 days; 7% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 0% took 61 days or longer. Filed 23 Jan 2022.

The direction is faster: from 34 days in H1 2019 to 29 now — 5 days faster across their last 6 reports.

That is 8 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

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In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

W030 - 30 days after month end (due at the end of next month). Some contracts contain a fortnightly payment run clause that states Suppliers accept that BAT’s payment processing centres operate a fortnightly payment run system and that, if the due date for payment of the Valid Invoice falls after the fortnightly payment run day in the relevant week, the Valid Invoice will be paid on the following fortnightly payment run day. This clause is agreed with Suppliers as part of the contract negotiation process before it is implemented.

Dispute resolution

If suppliers have any queries related to invoices and payments they can contact [email protected], which acts as an information center. FSD UK will provide details such as status of invoices, date of payments and statement of account reconciliations.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2021	29	7%	0%	23 Jan 2022
H1 2021	43	13%	17%	26 Jul 2021
H2 2020	36	18%	17%	28 Jan 2021
H1 2020	35	21%	10%	29 Jul 2020
H2 2019	31	31%	9%	30 Jan 2020
H1 2019	34	28%	9%	26 Jul 2019
H2 2018	33	21%	7%	29 Jan 2019
H1 2018	30	22%	5%	27 Jul 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 24 May 1929
Registered office: GLOBE HOUSE, LONDON, WC2R 3LA

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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Quick answers · B.A.T (U.K. and Export) Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 5 days faster over the window (34 → 29 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report put the average at day 29; across their last 6 reports it ranged 29–43 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?

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.

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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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