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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

3I PLC pays suppliers in 12 days on average

CRN 00397156 · Financial services · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2026

12daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average at 12 days, with 21% of invoices paid outside the terms they agreed.

Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Paid outside agreed terms
21% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
0%
Reporting period
1 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 30 Apr 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Where 12 days sits on the clock

The pattern · last 6 of 16 reports

Holding steady around 12 days

The read · computed from their figures

3I PLC's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 12 days; 21% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 0% took 61 days or longer. Filed 30 Apr 2026.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±1 days period to period.

On the latest reported averages: Faster than 86% of the 638 large companies reporting in financial services.

That is 16 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

Payment code: Prompt payment code 38% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

3i plc has standard payment terms of 30 days from receipt of an invoice although invoices are paid earlier if appropriate.

Dispute resolution

In the event of any disputes with suppliers, this would normally be dealt with by the supplier’s relevant 3i business contact. Alternatively, suppliers can contact 3i’s accounts payable team at [email protected], who will ensure this is resolved by the appropriate person.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20261221%0%30 Apr 2026
H2 20251216%0%27 Oct 2025
H1 20251214%0%30 Apr 2025
H2 20241312%0%30 Oct 2024
H1 2024129%0%30 Apr 2024
H2 2023117%0%30 Oct 2023
H1 20231310%0%28 Apr 2023
H2 2022137%0%27 Oct 2022
H1 2022126%0%28 Apr 2022
H2 2021146%1%29 Oct 2021
H1 2021148%0%24 Apr 2021
H2 2020158%1%19 Oct 2020
H1 20201510%0%27 Apr 2020
H2 2019146%1%29 Oct 2019
H1 2019156%1%26 Apr 2019
H2 20181817%2%29 Oct 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Public Limited Company
Incorporated
21 Jul 1945
Registered office
1 KNIGHTSBRIDGE, LONDON, SW1X 7LX
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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Quick answers · 3I PLC

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average is steady — within about ±1 days period to period, around 12 days.
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 12, moving within about ±1 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
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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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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