Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Swissport GB Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00509585 · Transport & storage · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Dec 2025

34days

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: 7 Jul 1952
Registered office: SWISSPORT HOUSE HAMPTON COURT, RUNCORN, WA7 1TT

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

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 45 days. Reported average: 34.

Stated terms45d

-11 days

Reported avg34d

At a glance

The key figures

45d

their stated terms

51%

invoices paid outside terms

+7d

slower over the window

±2d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Faster than 54% of the 248 large companies reporting in transport & storage.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 45d

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

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 33% 31–60 days 44% 61+ days 23%

The read · computed from their figures

Swissport GB Limited has filed 16 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 34 days against stated terms of 45 days.

The direction is slower: from 27 to 34 days over the window — about 7 days slower.

In the latest period 51% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 23% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

1% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

45 Days from Invoice

Dispute resolution

Initial queries are to be emailed to the dedicated Accounts Payable email address and dealt with by the accounts payable team . If the query requires escalation, this is to be sent to the Accounts Payable Manager and/or the Procurement Manager. Swissport aims to respond to disputes within 10 working days.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2025	34	51%	23%	13 Apr 2026
H1 2025	35	48%	25%	7 Aug 2025
H2 2024	32	39%	19%	26 Feb 2025
H1 2024	32	82%	52%	22 Jul 2024
H2 2023	30	80%	53%	22 Jul 2024
H1 2023	27	80%	67%	22 Jul 2024
H2 2022	30	81%	55%	22 Jul 2024
H1 2022	31	81%	55%	22 Jul 2024
H2 2021	31	73%	9%	31 Jan 2022
H1 2021	34	77%	22%	30 Jul 2021
H2 2020	37	86%	29%	29 Jan 2021
H1 2020	52	76%	35%	29 Jul 2020
H2 2019	32	81%	15%	30 Jan 2020
H1 2019	37	76%	16%	31 Jul 2019
H2 2018	34	73%	10%	30 Jan 2019
H1 2018	32	85%	15%	30 Jul 2018

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 7 days slower over the window (27 → 34 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 34, 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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