Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Doosan Babcock Limited pays suppliers in 60 days on average — within its stated 7–91 day terms

CRN 00839354 · Manufacturing · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Aug 2026

60daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 53 days past the shortest term they state (7 days), still within their 91-day upper term.

Well behindvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers

Their stated terms: 7–91 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 63% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 30%
Reporting period: 1 Mar 2026 – 31 Aug 2026
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 3 Sept 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid within their stated range — 60 against 7–91 days

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–100

avg 60d

0 days100 days

reported avg 60 days their filed terms 7–91 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 29% 31–60 days 41% 61+ days 30%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #116776, period 1 Mar 2026 – 31 Aug 2026, filed 3 Sept 2026 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Doosan Babcock Limited pays within its stated range, 53 days past the shortest term. 63% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 30% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2026 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 17 reports

76 → 60 days — getting faster

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 17 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

16 days faster across the window. From 76 days in H1 2024 to 60 in the H1 2026 filing; the dashed line marks the 7-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Doosan Babcock Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 60 days against stated terms of 7–91 days; 63% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 30% took 61 days or longer. Filed 3 Sept 2026.

The direction is faster: from 76 days in H1 2024 to 60 now — 16 days faster across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 79% of the 977 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

That is 17 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing 31% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

60 Days

Dispute resolution

A detailed dispute resolution process is included in our standard company terms and conditions along with a statement of entitlement to statutory adjudication and arbitration to allow for resolution of disputes

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	60	63%	30%	3 Sept 2026
H1 2026	57	42%	25%	3 Mar 2026
H1 2025	61	51%	35%	3 Sept 2025
H1 2025	74	56%	69%	13 Mar 2025
H1 2024	80	39%	49%	13 Sept 2024
H1 2024	76	45%	61%	13 Mar 2024
H1 2023	67	30%	44%	24 Aug 2023
H2 2022	65	24%	42%	31 Jan 2023
H1 2022	66	23%	43%	29 Jul 2022
H2 2021	66	34%	45%	27 Jan 2022
H1 2021	68	37%	54%	26 Jul 2021
H2 2020	69	35%	49%	29 Jan 2021
H1 2020	73	37%	54%	29 Jul 2020
H2 2019	73	40%	57%	31 Jan 2020
H1 2019	67	48%	51%	8 Aug 2019
H2 2018	67	44%	49%	8 Jul 2019
H1 2018	64	42%	45%	8 Aug 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 1 Mar 1965
Registered office: 6-7 LYNCASTLE WAY BARLEYCASTLE LANE, WARRINGTON, WA4 4ST

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 May 2027

Open the full record at Companies House.

Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 60-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 60-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £23,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 60-day cycle — about £20,900 more than the same account would carry at 7-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 · Doosan Babcock Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 16 days faster over the window (76 → 60 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report puts the average at day 60; across their last 6 reports it ranged 57–80 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

Can I see what this means for my invoices?

Run the live check — it re-reads their record and their live Companies House file, on the amount you invoice.

Stay ahead

Watch Doosan Babcock Limited (free)

Their next payment report is due ≈ 29 Mar 2027. We watch their public record and email you when something changes — a new payment report, late filings, insolvency markers, new charges.

You’ll get a confirmation email first. Unsubscribe any time. How we handle your address.

More large companies in manufacturing

Door-Stop International Limited · Dover Fueling Solutions UK Limited · Doncasters Limited · Dow Chemical Company Limited · Doncasters Aerospace Limited · Dow Silicones UK Limited

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).

Report PL-00839354 · latest period to 31 Aug 2026

Verify the original Companies House file

Built by YORXEN LTD · registered in England & Wales · CRN 17303256 · privacy · terms.