Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

The Royal National Theatre paid suppliers in 33 days on average — 3 days past its stated terms

CRN 00749504 · Arts & entertainment · 2 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2019

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 31 Mar 2019 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

33daysavg time to pay · H1 2019

Their H1 2019 filing put the average 3 days past the 30-day term they state.

Their stated terms: 30 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 60% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 10%
Reporting period: 1 Oct 2018 – 31 Mar 2019
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 30 Apr 2019

Self-reported figures from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.

Terms vs reality · their H1 2019 filing

Paid 3 days past their stated terms

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–40

avg 33d

0 days40 days

reported avg 33 days their filed terms 0–30 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 74% 31–60 days 16% 61+ days 10%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #15221, period 1 Oct 2018 – 31 Mar 2019, filed 30 Apr 2019 · gov.uk payment-practices service

The Royal National Theatre paid 3 days past its own stated terms. 60% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 10% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2019 filing.

The read · computed from their figures

The Royal National Theatre's H1 2019 filing put their average at 33 days against stated terms of 30 days; 60% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 10% took 61 days or longer. Filed 30 Apr 2019.

That is 2 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

The Royal National Theatre offers standard payment terms of 30 days to suppliers of goods or services unless otherwise stated. We also offer payment terms of immediate payment, 7, 14 and 21 days.

Dispute resolution

The main point of contact for disputes is the accounts payable team; the dispute is investigated and any additional information required is requested from the supplier. In the event that the accounts payable team are unable to resolve the dispute it will be escalated to the original purchasing department to investigate further. Once a dispute is resolved any outstanding invoices are paid on the next available payment run.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2019	33	60%	10%	30 Apr 2019
H2 2018	34	72%	11%	31 Oct 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Incorporated: 8 Feb 1963
Registered office: THE ROYAL NATIONAL THEATRE, LONDON,, SE1 9PX

4 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 33-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 33-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £13,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 33-day cycle — about £1,200 more than the same account would carry at 30-day terms.

Late Payment Act. The Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 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 · The Royal National Theatre

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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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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