Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Cummins Ltd. take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00573951 · Manufacturing · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Jul 2026

61days

their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period

Well behindvs 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 Nov 1956
Registered office: 3RD FLOOR 10 EASTBOURNE TERRACE, LONDON, W2 6LG

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 0–120 days. Reported average: 61.

Stated terms0–120d

+61 days

Reported avg61d

At a glance

The key figures

0–120d

their stated terms

38%

invoices paid outside terms

+3d

slower over the window

±3d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 80% of the 992 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 19% 31–60 days 38% 61+ days 43%

The read · computed from their figures

Cummins Ltd. has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 61 days against stated terms of 0–120 days.

The direction is slower: from 58 to 61 days over the window — about 3 days slower.

In the latest period 38% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 43% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing Offers supply-chain finance 2% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Global standard payment terms are 120 days, except where differing regional norms or government requirements exist. Intercompany suppliers have 60 day payment term.

Dispute resolution

Cummins is committed to working with our suppliers to help achieve on time, accurate payments. Any disputes will be dealt with first by the appropriate sourcing manager and, upon escalation, the Accounts Payable Department in Cummins Business Services located in the UK. The Accounts Payable team can be contacted Monday to Friday by email or phone. Further contact information and guidance on submission of invoices can be found on supplier.cummins.com.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	61	38%	43%	29 Jul 2026
H2 2025	65	39%	45%	30 Jan 2026
H1 2025	66	42%	49%	31 Jul 2025
H2 2024	65	42%	46%	29 Jan 2025
H1 2024	67	46%	47%	30 Jul 2024
H2 2023	58	38%	35%	23 Jan 2024
H1 2023	57	36%	35%	12 Jul 2023
H2 2022	56	34%	34%	29 Jan 2023
H1 2022	55	39%	30%	28 Jul 2022
H2 2021	52	43%	26%	26 Jan 2022
H1 2021	51	45%	25%	28 Jul 2021
H2 2020	48	36%	16%	28 Jan 2021
H1 2020	48	43%	16%	27 Jul 2020
H2 2019	48	44%	13%	28 Jan 2020
H1 2019	48	43%	12%	30 Jul 2019
H2 2018	47	45%	13%	28 Jan 2019
H1 2018	46	51%	13%	30 Jul 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 61-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 61-day vs a 0-day payment cycle.

≈ £24,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 61-day cycle — about £24,000 more than the same account would carry at 0-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 3 days slower over the window (58 → 61 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 61, moving within about ±3 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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