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How long does Spirent Communications PLC take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00470893 · Information & communication · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

29days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

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

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On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
16 Jul 1949
Registered office
ORIGIN ONE, CRAWLEY, RH10 1BD
1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 1–60 days. Reported average: 29.

Stated terms1–60d
+28 days
Reported avg29d

At a glance

The key figures

1–60d
their stated terms
24%
invoices paid outside terms
-15d
faster over the window
±2d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 51% of the 475 large companies reporting in information & communication.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 1d
44
26
26
27
29
29
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 65% 31–60 days 27% 61+ days 8%

The read · computed from their figures

Spirent Communications PLC has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 29 days against stated terms of 1–60 days.

The direction is faster: from 44 to 29 days over the window — about 15 days faster.

In the latest period 24% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 8% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard payment term is 60 days from receipt of a valid invoice

Dispute resolution

Payment disputes should be reported to either Finance or Purchasing and can be further escalated to either the Purchasing or Accounting Managers for investigation and resolution, as appropriate

Other information

We perform two payment runs per month. Supplier invoices are paid in the closest payment run to their due date. This means that some supplier invoices will be paid before their due dates, and some just afterwards. Invoices paid after the month they are due are typically the result of invoices in query.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20262924%8%30 Jul 2026
H2 20252924%6%26 Jan 2026
H1 20252726%6%30 Jul 2025
H2 20242622%5%8 May 2025
H1 20242624%6%31 Jul 2024
H2 20234418%18%31 Jan 2024
H1 20233914%14%31 Jul 2023
H2 20223511%11%3 Feb 2023
H1 20223715%15%11 Nov 2022
H2 20213410%10%15 Feb 2022
H1 2021349%9%29 Jul 2021
H2 20204212%12%29 Jan 2021
H1 20203413%13%30 Jul 2020
H2 2019307%7%30 Jan 2020
H1 2019303%3%30 Jul 2019
H2 2018276%3%29 Jan 2019
H1 20183010%5%30 Jul 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 29-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 29-day vs a 1-day payment cycle.

≈ £11,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 29-day cycle — about £11,000 more than the same account would carry at 1-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 15 days faster over the window (44 → 29 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 29, moving within about ±2 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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