Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Exel UK Limited paid suppliers in 24 days on average — inside its 60-day stated terms

CRN 00754103 · Transport & storage · 4 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Dec 2019

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

24daysavg time to pay · H2 2019

Their H2 2019 filing put the average 36 days inside their stated 60-day term.

Their stated terms: 60 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 35% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 6%
Reporting period: 1 Jul 2019 – 31 Dec 2019
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 30 Jan 2020

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

Terms vs reality · their H2 2019 filing

Paid 36 days inside the 60-day term they state

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–65

avg 24d

0 days65 days

reported avg 24 days their filed terms 60 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 67% 31–60 days 27% 61+ days 6%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #28035, period 1 Jul 2019 – 31 Dec 2019, filed 30 Jan 2020 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Exel UK Limited paid 36 days inside its stated 60-day term. 35% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 6% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H2 2019 filing.

The pattern · last 4 of 4 reports

44 → 24 days — faster across the window

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 4 of 4 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

20 days faster across the window. From 44 days in H1 2018 to 24 in the H2 2019 filing; the dashed line marks the 60-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Exel UK Limited's H2 2019 filing put their average at 24 days against stated terms of 60 days; 35% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 6% took 61 days or longer. Filed 30 Jan 2020.

The direction is faster: from 44 days in H1 2018 to 24 now — 20 days faster across their last 4 reports.

That is 4 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

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In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Exel UK Limited is part of the DHL group of companies in the UK. DHL Terms and Conditions of Purchase effective March 2017, sets out that the payment of correct invoices is due, in the relevant currency as defined in DHL’s order, other than for Government or Local Government related contracts, 60 days net from which the invoice is dated, subject to satisfactory receipt of goods and/or services.

Dispute resolution

DHL Terms and Conditions of Purchase effective March 2017, sets out that if DHL disputes any sum on an invoice it will notify the Supplier in writing of such dispute, giving full details of the dispute and of the actual sum it claims on bona fide grounds not to be liable to pay. When suppliers are set up on the company’s system, they are sent a supplier pack. This pack provides the supplier with information on Exel UK Limited's terms and conditions, code of conduct and invoicing procedures including details on invoice disputes and DHL contact details.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2019	24	35%	6%	30 Jan 2020
H1 2019	42	26%	10%	25 Jul 2019
H2 2018	43	38%	11%	28 Jan 2019
H1 2018	44	47%	10%	27 Jul 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 20 Mar 1963
Registered office: SOLSTICE HOUSE, 251, MILTON KEYNES, MK9 1EA

1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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Quick answers · Exel UK Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 20 days faster over the window (44 → 24 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report put the average at day 24; across their last 4 reports it ranged 24–44 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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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