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How long does BP Exploration (Delta) Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00983913 · Mining & quarrying · 14 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

22days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

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

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On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
6 Jul 1970
Registered office
CHERTSEY ROAD, MIDDLESEX, TW16 7BP
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 7–60 days. Reported average: 22.

Stated terms7–60d
+15 days
Reported avg22d

At a glance

The key figures

7–60d
their stated terms
34%
invoices paid outside terms
-11d
faster over the window
±13d
variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 79% of the 100 large companies reporting in mining & quarrying.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 7d
33
42
38
13
20
22
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 86% 31–60 days 8% 61+ days 6%

The read · computed from their figures

BP Exploration (Delta) Limited has filed 14 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2019). Their latest report puts the average at 22 days against stated terms of 7–60 days.

The direction is faster: from 33 to 22 days over the window — about 11 days faster.

In the latest period 34% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 6% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Payment code: Prompt Payment Code Offers e-invoicing

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard contractual terms for the payment to suppliers are 0-60 days.

Dispute resolution

The Company will notify suppliers of any invoice disputes. The Company and the supplier will endeavour to resolve all disputes by agreement of the parties. Once resolved payment will be made in accordance with agreed terms. If these discussions are unsuccessful then the dispute will be resolved by reference to arbitration or courts (as specified in the contract).

Other information

Payment statistics disclosed in this report can be affected by a number of different factors including payments made to other BP group companies which are included within the data disclosed. Invoices are often reported as due but not paid within agreed terms because BACS transfers to suppliers arrive in the supplier’s bank account two business days after leaving the company’s bank account contract payments due on weekends or bank holidays are typically paid on the following business day and the company typically initiates payments in batches on a twice weekly basis; where this is the case payments will normally be received by the supplier within a few days of the due date.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20262234%6%29 Jul 2026
H2 20252030%2%30 Jan 2026
H1 20251351%1%30 Jul 2025
H2 20243833%10%31 Jan 2025
H1 20244224%13%29 Jul 2024
H2 20233320%7%29 Jan 2024
H1 20232411%6%27 Jul 2023
H2 20223021%2%30 Jan 2023
H1 20223331%2%29 Jul 2022
H2 20213531%6%26 Jan 2022
H1 20213433%3%28 Jul 2021
H2 20203550%5%25 Jan 2021
H1 20208171%18%30 Jul 2020
H2 20194181%12%29 Jan 2020

Working-capital effect

What a 22-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 22-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £8,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 22-day cycle — about £5,900 more than the same account would carry at 7-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 11 days faster over the window (33 → 22 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 22, moving within about ±13 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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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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