Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Bae Systems Global Combat Systems Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00414948 · Manufacturing · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

50days

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: 12 Jul 1946
Registered office: RBSL, TELFORD, TF1 9AY

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30–60 days. Reported average: 50.

Stated terms30–60d

+20 days

Reported avg50d

At a glance

The key figures

30–60d

their stated terms

45%

invoices paid outside terms

+16d

slower over the window

±4d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 58% of the 992 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

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 31% 31–60 days 51% 61+ days 18%

The read · computed from their figures

Bae Systems Global Combat Systems Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 50 days against stated terms of 30–60 days.

The direction is slower: from 34 to 50 days over the window — about 16 days slower.

In the latest period 45% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 18% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Payment code: The Prompt Payment Code

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Our standard conditions of purchase, provide for payment at the end of the month following the month in which an invoice is received, subject to (i) a valid invoice being properly provided by the supplier and (ii) the relevant Supplies being delivered with supporting compliance documentation and accepted by us, in accordance with the contract. The full text of the standard payment terms are available on our website www.RBSL.com.

Dispute resolution

As per our standard conditions of purchase, if a payment dispute arises, then the parties are required to follow a disputed invoicing process and use reasonable endeavours to resolve the dispute amicably. Any disputes that cannot be resolved are subject to arbitration. Our full dispute resolution process can be found on our website www.RBSL.com.

Other information

The date of receipt of the supplier's invoice has been used for the calculation of the reported statistics. The receipt date is when it was recognised onto the system. Where an invoice has been settled through the matching of a credit note, this invoice is not included in the payment statistics. If there is a partial match of a credit note against an invoice, the payment of the remainder of the invoice is included in the payment statistics. Please note due expansion of our business we are managing a significantly increased volume of invoices (c80% increase since 2023) and due to an IT upgrade which did not include a carry over of the automated Accounts Payable software, we are working to manage the increased volumes manually whilst working in parallel to source and implement new te

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	50	45%	18%	29 Jul 2026
H2 2025	42	26%	10%	11 Feb 2026
H1 2025	42	16%	9%	29 Jul 2025
H2 2024	47	25%	16%	31 Jan 2025
H1 2024	53	52%	26%	25 Jul 2024
H2 2023	34	26%	5%	30 Jan 2024
H1 2023	31	8%	3%	20 Jul 2023
H2 2022	29	7%	1%	31 Jan 2023
H1 2022	32	16%	3%	3 Aug 2022
H2 2021	33	20%	3%	1 Feb 2022
H1 2021	35	4%	1%	24 Jul 2021
H2 2020	36	7%	4%	29 Jan 2021
H1 2020	28	12%	2%	31 Jul 2020
H2 2019	40	14%	10%	30 Jan 2020
H1 2019	38	18%	12%	30 Jul 2019
H2 2018	40	26%	12%	28 Jan 2019
H1 2018	36	31%	13%	30 Jul 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 50-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 50-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £19,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 50-day cycle — about £7,900 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 16 days slower over the window (34 → 50 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 50, moving within about ±4 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 6,185 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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