Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Thales UK Limited take to pay its suppliers?

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

33days

their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period

Around averagevs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

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

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 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 0–60 days. Reported average: 33.

Stated terms0–60d

+33 days

Reported avg33d

At a glance

The key figures

0–60d

their stated terms

12%

invoices paid outside terms

-5d

faster over the window

±3d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Faster than 81% of the 992 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 81% 31–60 days 14% 61+ days 5%

The read · computed from their figures

Thales UK Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 33 days against stated terms of 0–60 days.

The direction is faster: from 38 to 33 days over the window — about 5 days faster.

In the latest period 12% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 5% landed 61+ days out.

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.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	33	12%	5%	31 Jul 2026
H2 2025	32	14%	5%	30 Jan 2026
H1 2025	35	15%	5%	31 Jul 2025
H2 2024	37	12%	5%	31 Jan 2025
H1 2024	39	16%	7%	22 Jul 2024
H2 2023	38	17%	6%	30 Jan 2024
H1 2023	41	18%	8%	20 Jul 2023
H2 2022	34	20%	7%	30 Jan 2023
H1 2022	35	18%	5%	26 Jul 2022
H2 2021	35	12%	2%	28 Jan 2022
H1 2021	36	14%	5%	3 Aug 2021
H2 2020	34	15%	5%	18 Jan 2021
H1 2020	38	18%	6%	29 Jul 2020
H2 2019	36	16%	5%	3 Feb 2020
H1 2019	37	18%	5%	18 Jul 2019
H2 2018	34	13%	3%	14 Jan 2019
H1 2018	35	23%	5%	24 Jul 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 33-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 33-day vs a 0-day payment cycle.

≈ £13,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 33-day cycle — about £13,000 more than the same account would carry at 0-day terms.

Late Payment Act. The Late Payment of Commercial Debts Act 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

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 reports average around day 33, moving within about ±3 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

Can I see what this means for my invoices?

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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 6,185 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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