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How long does Pfizer Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00526209 · Wholesale & retail trade · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 31 May 2026

41days
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.

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On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
27 Nov 1953
Registered office
PFIZER LIMITED, RAMSGATE ROAD, KENT, CT13 9NJ
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Aug 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 60 days. Reported average: 41.

Stated terms60d
-19 days
Reported avg41d

At a glance

The key figures

60d
their stated terms
8%
invoices paid outside terms
±4d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 59% of the 819 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

The pattern

Holding steady

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 60d
39
37
34
40
38
41
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 19% 31–60 days 78% 61+ days 3%

The read · computed from their figures

Pfizer Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 41 days against stated terms of 60 days.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±4 days period to period.

In the latest period 8% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 3% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing Offers supply-chain finance

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Qualifying contracts with entities: 60 days or the next payment run thereafter No payment terms in majority of qualifying contracts with individuals Purchase Order terms and conditions: the later of 60 calendar days and the next processing run immediately thereafter

Dispute resolution

Pfizer offers suppliers the opportunity to check the current status of their invoices through an accounts payable portal. Suppliers can view when their invoice is due for payment on this portal. The tool is offered free of charge. In case a supplier needs to contact Pfizer accounts payable department, an email address is available on every purchase order the supplier receives. Pfizer accounts payable department aims to resolve issues as promptly as possible, on average between 3 to 5 working days.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2026418%3%16 Jun 2026
H2 20253810%1%10 Dec 2025
H1 2025409%1%18 Jun 2025
H2 2024340%1%17 Dec 2024
H1 2024372%2%21 Jun 2024
H2 2023391%1%18 Dec 2023
H1 2023390%1%22 Jun 2023
H2 2022380%1%12 Dec 2022
H1 2022400%2%24 Jun 2022
H2 2021350%1%20 Dec 2021
H1 2021430%5%25 Jun 2021
H2 2020550%20%18 Dec 2020
H1 2020532%5%29 Jun 2020
H2 2019550%33%23 Dec 2019
H1 2019622%63%28 Jun 2019
H2 2018591%46%19 Dec 2018
H1 2018600%46%27 Jun 2018

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average is steady — within about ±4 days period to period, around 41 days.
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 41, moving within about ±4 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 6,185 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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