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How long does British-american Tobacco (Holdings) Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00262254 · Professional & technical services · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

34days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Around averagevs 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
28 Jan 1932
Registered office
GLOBE HOUSE, LONDON, WC2R 2PG
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30–90 days. Reported average: 34.

Stated terms30–90d
+4 days
Reported avg34d

At a glance

The key figures

30–90d
their stated terms
9%
invoices paid outside terms
+4d
slower over the window
±2d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower 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.

terms 30d
30
31
31
33
33
34
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 55% 31–60 days 43% 61+ days 2%

The read · computed from their figures

British-american Tobacco (Holdings) Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 34 days against stated terms of 30–90 days.

The direction is slower: from 30 to 34 days over the window — about 4 days slower.

In the latest period 9% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 2% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing Offers supply-chain finance

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Y030 - Net 30 days from invoice receipt date

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. For any dispute related to the terms and conditions agreed, FSD UK will direct the suppliers to the relevant BAT personnel to obtain information about their query.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2026349%2%29 Jul 2026
H2 2025339%3%26 Jan 2026
H1 2025337%3%29 Jul 2025
H2 2024315%2%28 Jan 2025
H1 2024316%1%18 Jul 2024
H2 2023306%1%25 Jan 2024
H1 2023329%3%20 Jul 2023
H2 2022317%3%25 Jan 2023
H1 20223919%10%28 Jul 2022
H2 20214117%9%26 Jan 2022
H1 20214019%11%27 Jul 2021
H2 20204013%12%28 Jan 2021
H1 20204217%21%29 Jul 2020
H2 20194417%23%30 Jan 2020
H1 20194815%30%24 Jul 2019
H2 20184614%27%30 Jan 2019
H1 20184617%23%30 Jul 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 34-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 34-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £13,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 34-day cycle — about £1,600 more than the same account would carry at 30-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 4 days slower over the window (30 → 34 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 34, moving within about ±2 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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