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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

BFBS pays suppliers in 18 days on average — inside its 30-day stated terms

CRN 00407270 · Information & communication · 3 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Sept 2026

18daysavg time to pay · H2 2026

Their H2 2026 filing puts the average 12 days inside their stated 30-day term.

Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
30 days
Paid outside agreed terms
19% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
0%
Reporting period
1 Apr 2026 – 30 Sept 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 14 Oct 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H2 2026 filing

Paid 12 days inside the 30-day term they state

The pattern · last 3 of 3 reports

38 → 18 days — getting faster

The read · computed from their figures

BFBS's H2 2026 filing puts their average at 18 days against stated terms of 30 days; 19% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 0% took 61 days or longer. Filed 14 Oct 2026.

The direction is faster: from 38 days in H2 2025 to 18 now — 20 days faster across their last 3 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Faster than 85% of the 476 large companies reporting in information & communication.

That is 3 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2025) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

30 days from date of invoice

Dispute resolution

The company's goal is to resolve disputes fairly, quickly and amicably, and suppliers are encouraged to communicate with their usual business contact(s)in respect of any concerns as a first step. All invoices should be sent by e-mail to the BFBS accounts payable team found at: [email protected]

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H2 20261819%0%14 Oct 2026
H1 20262227%0%21 Apr 2026
H2 2025387%0%30 Oct 2025

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Incorporated
29 Mar 1946
Registered office
CHALFONT GROVE, GERRARDS CROSS, SL9 8TN
2 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

Open the full record at Companies House.

Quick answers · BFBS

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 20 days faster over the window (38 → 18 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report puts the average at day 18; across their last 3 reports it ranged 18–38 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
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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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