Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Oxford Instruments Nanotechnology Tools Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00704320 · Manufacturing · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2026

60days

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: 28 Sept 1961
Registered office: OXFORD INSTRUMENTS, HIGH WYCOMBE, HP12 3SE

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30–90 days. Reported average: 60.

Stated terms30–90d

+30 days

Reported avg60d

At a glance

The key figures

30–90d

their stated terms

48%

invoices paid outside terms

+8d

slower over the window

±6d

variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 79% 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 27% 31–60 days 51% 61+ days 22%

The read · computed from their figures

Oxford Instruments Nanotechnology Tools Limited has filed 16 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 60 days against stated terms of 30–90 days.

The direction is slower: from 52 to 60 days over the window — about 8 days slower.

In the latest period 48% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 22% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Payment terms are generally 60 days but we have some suppliers on 30 days and some on 90 days.

Dispute resolution

This will depend on the reason for the dispute. The general approach will be to make contact as soon as possible and discuss the issue.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	60	48%	22%	29 Apr 2026
H2 2025	52	32%	22%	11 Nov 2025
H1 2025	49	39%	23%	30 Apr 2025
H2 2024	51	37%	24%	31 Oct 2024
H1 2024	52	42%	26%	30 Apr 2024
H2 2023	52	34%	26%	29 Nov 2023
H1 2023	53	34%	26%	27 Apr 2023
H2 2022	53	34%	26%	31 Oct 2022
H1 2022	53	38%	27%	29 Apr 2022
H2 2021	52	25%	26%	1 Nov 2021
H1 2021	53	26%	29%	30 Apr 2021
H2 2020	53	30%	29%	24 Nov 2020
H1 2020	47	25%	22%	14 Apr 2020
H2 2019	50	35%	25%	28 Oct 2019
H1 2019	52	45%	27%	25 Apr 2019
H2 2018	55	90%	32%	30 Oct 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 60-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 60-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £23,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 60-day cycle — about £11,800 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 8 days slower over the window (52 → 60 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 60, moving within about ±6 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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