Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk
BP Exploration Operating Company Limited pays suppliers in 27 days on average — inside its 60-day stated terms
Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 33 days inside their stated 60-day term.
- Their stated terms
- 60 days
- Paid outside agreed terms
- 8% of invoices
- Paid after 61+ days
- 1%
- Reporting period
- 1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
- Source
- their gov.uk filing, filed 27 Jul 2026
Self-reported figures from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.
Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing
Paid 33 days inside the 60-day term they state
Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices
The pattern · last 6 of 17 reports
36 → 27 days — getting faster
The read · computed from their figures
BP Exploration Operating Company Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 27 days against stated terms of 60 days; 8% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 1% took 61 days or longer. Filed 27 Jul 2026.
The direction is faster: from 36 days in H2 2023 to 27 now — 9 days faster across their last 6 reports.
On the latest reported averages: Faster than 74% of the 97 large companies reporting in mining & quarrying.
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
In their own words · from the filing
Standard payment terms
Standard contractual terms for the payment to suppliers are 0 - 60 days.
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.
| Period | Avg days | Outside terms | 61+ days | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H1 2026 | 27 | 8% | 1% | 27 Jul 2026 |
| H2 2025 | 27 | 9% | 1% | 30 Jan 2026 |
| H1 2025 | 28 | 6% | 1% | 30 Jul 2025 |
| H2 2024 | 33 | 6% | 2% | 30 Jan 2025 |
| H1 2024 | 34 | 9% | 2% | 30 Jul 2024 |
| H2 2023 | 36 | 10% | 4% | 29 Jan 2024 |
| H1 2023 | 34 | 9% | 7% | 27 Jul 2023 |
| H2 2022 | 34 | 9% | 2% | 30 Jan 2023 |
| H1 2022 | 33 | 6% | 2% | 29 Jul 2022 |
| H2 2021 | 31 | 3% | 1% | 26 Jan 2022 |
| H1 2021 | 30 | 3% | 1% | 29 Jul 2021 |
| H2 2020 | 33 | 5% | 1% | 25 Jan 2021 |
| H1 2020 | 34 | 8% | 2% | 29 Jul 2020 |
| H2 2019 | 31 | 6% | 1% | 29 Jan 2020 |
| H1 2019 | 35 | 54% | 3% | 26 Jul 2019 |
| H2 2018 | 39 | 56% | 4% | 30 Jan 2019 |
| H1 2018 | 35 | 63% | 3% | 27 Jul 2018 |
On the public register · Companies House
Company record
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 12 Oct 1935
- Registered office
- CHERTSEY ROAD, MIDDLESEX, TW16 7BP
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