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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

National Exhibition Centre Limited (The) pays suppliers in 42 days on average — within its stated 7–91 day terms

CRN 00979395 · Professional & technical services · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2026

42daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 35 days past the shortest term they state (7 days), still within their 91-day upper term.

Slower than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
7–91 days
Paid outside agreed terms
0% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
34%
Reporting period
1 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 7 May 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid within their stated range — 42 against 7–91 days

The pattern · last 6 of 16 reports

51 → 42 days — getting faster

The read · computed from their figures

National Exhibition Centre Limited (The)'s H1 2026 filing puts their average at 42 days against stated terms of 7–91 days; 0% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 34% took 61 days or longer. Filed 7 May 2026.

The direction is faster: from 51 days in H2 2023 to 42 now — 9 days faster across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 73% of the 510 large companies reporting in professional & technical services.

That is 16 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

The Nec Ltd shall pay invoiced amounts by the first working day of the third month, following the month in which the correctly rendered invoice is received from the supplier.

Dispute resolution

Disputes and complaints are considered/resolved by a member of the AP Department. Escalating where appropriate to the requisitioning department/manager, by telephone and/or email. Notes are held on the supplier's account concerning the dispute and/or copy email correspondence is saved in outlook folders or our electronic filing system. Minor disputes are usually resolved within 24 hours but may take longer if the dispute is of a more complicated nature.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2026420%34%7 May 2026
H2 2025400%12%27 Oct 2025
H1 2025390%5%30 Apr 2025
H2 2024391%5%30 Oct 2024
H1 2024510%14%12 Apr 2024
H2 2023510%15%11 Oct 2023
H1 2023510%16%24 Apr 2023
H2 2022440%11%19 Oct 2022
H1 2022500%14%28 Apr 2022
H2 2021460%12%21 Oct 2021
H1 20212010%75%23 Apr 2021
H2 2020980%53%28 Oct 2020
H1 2020460%9%14 Apr 2020
H2 2019440%10%17 Oct 2019
H1 2019440%9%15 Apr 2019
H2 2018520%8%30 Oct 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
12 May 1970
Registered office
NATIONAL EXHIBITION CENTRE, B40 1NT
1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

Open the full record at Companies House.

Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 42-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 42-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £16,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 42-day cycle — about £13,800 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 · National Exhibition Centre Limited (The)

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 9 days faster over the window (51 → 42 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report puts the average at day 42; across their last 6 reports it ranged 39–51 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?
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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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