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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Thales UK Limited pays suppliers in 33 days on average — inside its 60-day stated terms

CRN 00868273 · Manufacturing · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 26 Jun 2026

33daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 27 days inside their stated 60-day term.

Around averagevs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
60 days
Paid outside agreed terms
12% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
5%
Reporting period
1 Jan 2026 – 26 Jun 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 31 Jul 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid 27 days inside the 60-day term they state

The pattern · last 6 of 17 reports

38 → 33 days — getting faster

The read · computed from their figures

Thales UK Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 33 days against stated terms of 60 days; 12% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 5% took 61 days or longer. Filed 31 Jul 2026.

The direction is faster: from 38 days in H2 2023 to 33 now — 5 days faster across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Faster than 80% 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

4% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

From 1st July 2025 standard payment terms changed to Net 30

Dispute resolution

Thales UK will endeavour to advise suppliers promptly of any disputes or reasons why an invoice will not be paid to the agreed terms. Invoices that are subject to dispute will not be paid until resolution of the dispute. Once resolved, payment will be made in accordance with the terms of the contract, this document and the UK Prompt Payment Code.

Other information

We moved our invoice scanning solution from Readsoft to Basware on 1st May 2026 as you will see from the metrics above average time to pay has increased slightly – this is due to teething troubles the teams learn new ways of working and the tool embeds. The Supplier shall submit invoices to the address stated on the Order after Delivery of the Goods or the performance of the Services. Every invoice shall include the following information: • — Order number and the Order item number; • — Goods and/or Services to which it relates; • — Supplier’s VAT number; • — Supplier’s bank account number, • — Sort code and invoice address; • — Invoice number; date of the invoice; • — Name of the relevant Thales company and its full address; • — Delivery Address; • — Price and the total amount due; • — a

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20263312%5%31 Jul 2026
H2 20253214%5%30 Jan 2026
H1 20253515%5%31 Jul 2025
H2 20243712%5%31 Jan 2025
H1 20243916%7%22 Jul 2024
H2 20233817%6%30 Jan 2024
H1 20234118%8%20 Jul 2023
H2 20223420%7%30 Jan 2023
H1 20223518%5%26 Jul 2022
H2 20213512%2%28 Jan 2022
H1 20213614%5%3 Aug 2021
H2 20203415%5%18 Jan 2021
H1 20203818%6%29 Jul 2020
H2 20193616%5%3 Feb 2020
H1 20193718%5%18 Jul 2019
H2 20183413%3%14 Jan 2019
H1 20183523%5%24 Jul 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
6 Jan 1966
Registered office
350 LONGWATER AVENUE, READING, RG2 6GF
2 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

Open the full record at Companies House.

Quick answers · Thales UK Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 5 days faster over the window (38 → 33 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report puts the average at day 33; across their last 6 reports it ranged 32–39 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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