Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Northgate Public Services (UK) Limited pays suppliers in 26 days on average — within its stated 7–60 day terms

CRN 00968498 · Information & communication · 19 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Sept 2026

26daysavg time to pay · H2 2026

Their H2 2026 filing puts the average 19 days past the shortest term they state (7 days), still within their 60-day upper term.

Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers

Their stated terms: 7–60 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 2% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 2%
Reporting period: 1 Apr 2026 – 30 Sept 2026
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 9 Oct 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H2 2026 filing

Paid within their stated range — 26 against 7–60 days

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

avg 26d

0 days65 days

reported avg 26 days their filed terms 7–60 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 73% 31–60 days 25% 61+ days 2%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #117351, period 1 Apr 2026 – 30 Sept 2026, filed 9 Oct 2026 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Northgate Public Services (UK) Limited pays within its stated range, 19 days past the shortest term. 2% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 2% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H2 2026 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 19 reports

44 → 26 days — getting faster

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 19 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

18 days faster across the window. From 44 days in H1 2024 to 26 in the H2 2026 filing; the dashed line marks the 7-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Northgate Public Services (UK) Limited's H2 2026 filing puts their average at 26 days against stated terms of 7–60 days; 2% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 2% took 61 days or longer. Filed 9 Oct 2026.

The direction is faster: from 44 days in H1 2024 to 26 now — 18 days faster across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Faster than 62% of the 476 large companies reporting in information & communication.

That is 19 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2017) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

2% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard payment terms range from 7 to 60 days with 79.5% being 30 days or fewer

Dispute resolution

NEC Software Solutions follow a no PO no payment policy. Supplier disputes are highlighted and communicated via direct contact with Supplier following invoice rejection. All supplier payment escalations are logged at point of contact and reviewed as part of the daily payment review.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2026	26	2%	2%	9 Oct 2026
H1 2026	25	5%	2%	28 Apr 2026
H2 2025	27	3%	3%	23 Oct 2025
H1 2025	29	2%	5%	6 May 2025
H2 2024	40	4%	13%	1 Nov 2024
H1 2024	44	2%	16%	1 May 2024
H2 2023	44	1%	14%	31 Oct 2023
H1 2023	49	2%	16%	28 Apr 2023
H2 2022	51	1%	20%	31 Oct 2022
H1 2022	50	2%	25%	28 Apr 2022
H2 2021	61	6%	40%	28 Oct 2021
H1 2021	59	5%	43%	30 Apr 2021
H2 2020	60	4%	39%	28 Oct 2020
H1 2020	69	13%	40%	30 Apr 2020
H2 2019	68	7%	42%	30 Oct 2019
H1 2019	69	14%	44%	29 Apr 2019
H2 2018	58	7%	37%	19 Nov 2018
H1 2018	49	20%	33%	31 May 2018
H2 2017	46	17%	38%	28 Nov 2017

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 17 Dec 1969
Registered office: 1ST FLOOR, IMEX CENTRE, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, HP2 7DX

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 26-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 26-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £10,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 26-day cycle — about £7,500 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 · Northgate Public Services (UK) Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 18 days faster over the window (44 → 26 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report puts the average at day 26; across their last 6 reports it ranged 25–44 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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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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