Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk
Equiniti Services Limited pays suppliers in 38 days on average — within its stated 7–60 day terms
Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 31 days past the shortest term they state (7 days), still within their 60-day upper term.
- Their stated terms
- 7–60 days
- Paid outside agreed terms
- 20% of invoices
- Paid after 61+ days
- 6%
- Reporting period
- 1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
- Source
- their gov.uk filing, filed 28 Jul 2026
Self-reported figures from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.
Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing
Paid within their stated range — 38 against 7–60 days
Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices
The pattern · last 6 of 14 reports
35 → 38 days — slowing down
The read · computed from their figures
Equiniti Services Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 38 days against stated terms of 7–60 days; 20% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 6% took 61 days or longer. Filed 28 Jul 2026.
The direction is slower: from 35 days in H2 2023 to 38 now — 3 days slower across their last 6 reports.
On the latest reported averages: Slower than 87% of the 638 large companies reporting in financial services.
That is 14 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2019) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.
In their own words · from the filing
Standard payment terms
The Equiniti Group has a simple approach to supplier payment terms: we have a group standard of 60 days, with the following exceptions: • Client specific requirements • Individual contractors billing through their own or an umbrella company, all of whom are on 30 day terms • Small suppliers (defined as either low value of annual spend or local businesses (for example caterers, taxi firms), typically on payment terms of 30 or fewer days • Short payment term suppliers (couriers, postage providers)
Dispute resolution
We review each query as it is raised and look to resolve as quickly as possible.
Other information
We look to work with our suppliers to ensure our policies and processes are understood and followed to facilitate efficient invoice handling and payment. For example, we request that all invoices are sent in electronically and quote a Purchase Order number as this allows is to track each item and identify and issues using our systems. We run two large payment runs and two smaller runs each month. We typically pay around 80% of any overdue invoices by the time of our next run, meaning the maximum delay is usually less than a week. Anything else paid out of terms tends to be caused either by a supplier dispute that needs concluding or from time-to-time suppliers needing to provide further documentation to support an invoice.
Every statutory report on record
Most recent first.
| Period | Avg days | Outside terms | 61+ days | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H1 2026 | 38 | 20% | 6% | 28 Jul 2026 |
| H2 2025 | 36 | 15% | 5% | 29 Jan 2026 |
| H1 2025 | 40 | 14% | 9% | 28 Jul 2025 |
| H2 2024 | 36 | 15% | 6% | 29 Jan 2025 |
| H1 2024 | 35 | 26% | 6% | 29 Jul 2024 |
| H2 2023 | 35 | 13% | 3% | 30 Jan 2024 |
| H1 2023 | 40 | 21% | 9% | 28 Jul 2023 |
| H2 2022 | 35 | 18% | 5% | 30 Jan 2023 |
| H1 2022 | 33 | 15% | 4% | 28 Jul 2022 |
| H2 2021 | 8 | 9% | 3% | 28 Jan 2022 |
| H1 2021 | 16 | 17% | 6% | 30 Jul 2021 |
| H2 2020 | 33 | 24% | 6% | 29 Jan 2021 |
| H1 2020 | 28 | 18% | 7% | 30 Jul 2020 |
| H2 2019 | 42 | 22% | 15% | 30 Jan 2020 |
On the public register · Companies House
Company record
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 5 Apr 1963
- Registered office
- HIGHDOWN HOUSE, WORTHING, BN99 3HH
Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic
What a 38-day cycle ties up
A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 38-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.
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.
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