Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Pricewaterhousecoopers Services Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00728502 · Administrative & support services · 18 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

22days

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.

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 29 Jun 1962
Registered office: 1 EMBANKMENT PLACE, LONDON, WC2N 6RH

1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Mar 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 14–45 days. Reported average: 22.

Stated terms14–45d

+8 days

Reported avg22d

At a glance

The key figures

14–45d

their stated terms

12%

invoices paid outside terms

-3d

faster over the window

±2d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Faster than 66% of the 608 large companies reporting in administrative & support services.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 14d

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

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 92% 31–60 days 7% 61+ days 1%

The read · computed from their figures

Pricewaterhousecoopers Services Limited has filed 18 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2017). Their latest report puts the average at 22 days against stated terms of 14–45 days.

The direction is faster: from 25 to 22 days over the window — about 3 days faster.

In the latest period 12% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 1% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing 5% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Under PwC’s standard contractual terms we commit to the payment of all undisputed sums properly due to third party suppliers within 30 days of receipt of a valid invoice in PwC’s central processing centre, [email protected]. On average we took 22 days to pay third party suppliers. In addition, for inter-territory trade with other PwC member firms*, the payment of undisputed sums is made in accordance with the PwC global network standard settlement policy of up to 60 days. On average we took 47 days to pay other PwC member firms. (*Member firms of the PwC global network)

Dispute resolution

Standard contracts: For PwC standard contracts we seek to resolve any issues in the first instance between the authorised representatives of the firm and the supplier. Both parties should, where possible, meet within five days of the dispute arising and should continue to perform their relevant obligations, whilst working together to resolve the dispute. If the matter cannot be resolved, the issue may require escalation to senior members of both the supplier and PwC. Should it be required, the firm will seek the assistance of the mediation services of the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR) - for more information: https://www.cedr.com/commercial/. Implied contracts: The above process will also apply where there is no formal contract in place. The authorised representat

Other information

On average we took 22 days to pay third party suppliers and 47 days to pay PwC member firm suppliers, representing a weighted average of 36 days

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	22	12%	1%	28 Jul 2026
H2 2025	22	11%	1%	28 Jan 2026
H1 2025	24	12%	2%	30 Jul 2025
H2 2024	25	18%	3%	28 Jan 2025
H1 2024	25	17%	4%	30 Jul 2024
H2 2023	25	16%	4%	29 Jan 2024
H1 2023	30	24%	6%	27 Jul 2023
H2 2022	29	28%	6%	31 Jan 2023
H1 2022	26	18%	3%	26 Jul 2022
H2 2021	27	23%	3%	27 Jan 2022
H1 2021	27	21%	3%	28 Jul 2021
H2 2020	26	15%	4%	29 Jan 2021
H1 2020	27	20%	5%	31 Jul 2020
H2 2019	25	18%	3%	29 Jan 2020
H1 2019	45	27%	16%	31 Jul 2019
H2 2018	44	26%	14%	31 Jan 2019
H1 2018	43	28%	15%	24 Jul 2018
H2 2017	41	23%	13%	30 Jan 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 22-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 22-day vs a 14-day payment cycle.

≈ £8,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 22-day cycle — about £3,200 more than the same account would carry at 14-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 faster over the window (25 → 22 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 22, moving within about ±2 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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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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