Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does G4s Care and Justice Services (UK) Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00390328 · Public administration · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

41days

their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period

Slower than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

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

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 11 Oct 1944
Registered office: 6TH FLOOR, LONDON, SW1H 0DB

15 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30 days. Reported average: 41.

Stated terms30d

+11 days

Reported avg41d

At a glance

The key figures

30d

their stated terms

24%

invoices paid outside terms

+7d

slower over the window

±7d

variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 70% of large companies reporting.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d

H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 39% 31–60 days 48% 61+ days 13%

The read · computed from their figures

G4s Care and Justice Services (UK) Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 41 days against stated terms of 30 days.

The direction is slower: from 34 to 41 days over the window — about 7 days slower.

In the latest period 24% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 13% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard payment terms to large suppliers is 60 days from the date of invoice receipt. Standard terms for SMEs and smaller suppliers is 30 days from the date of invoice receipt or before.

Dispute resolution

Any complaint or concern from suppliers relating to dispute can be raised to: Telephone Number 0844 6200410 or Email '[email protected]' We aim to try and get these raised to our ticketing system and allocated to a end user to work with the supplier within 72 Hours.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	41	24%	13%	21 Jul 2026
H2 2025	35	10%	6%	30 Jan 2026
H1 2025	40	22%	10%	30 Jul 2025
H2 2024	48	49%	24%	17 Jan 2025
H1 2024	38	42%	17%	19 Jul 2024
H2 2023	34	25%	9%	22 Jan 2024
H1 2023	28	27%	3%	13 Jul 2023
H2 2022	33	31%	4%	19 Jan 2023
H1 2022	33	39%	5%	18 Jul 2022
H2 2021	37	44%	9%	28 Jan 2022
H1 2021	37	56%	12%	22 Jul 2021
H2 2020	35	44%	10%	22 Jan 2021
H1 2020	33	42%	10%	23 Jul 2020
H2 2019	34	56%	9%	20 Jan 2020
H1 2019	35	60%	10%	23 Jul 2019
H2 2018	34	55%	13%	18 Jan 2019
H1 2018	31	54%	9%	27 Jul 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 41-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 41-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £16,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 41-day cycle — about £4,300 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 7 days slower over the window (34 → 41 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 41, moving within about ±7 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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