Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Cambridge Consultants Limited pays suppliers in 24 days on average — inside its shortest stated term

CRN 01036298 · Professional & technical services · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

24daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 4 days inside the shortest term they state (28 days).

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

Their stated terms: 28–61 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 29% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 1%
Reporting period: 1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 6 Aug 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid 4 days inside the 28-day term they state

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–70

avg 24d

0 days70 days

reported avg 24 days their filed terms 28–61 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 71% 31–60 days 28% 61+ days 1%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #116257, period 1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026, filed 6 Aug 2026 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Cambridge Consultants Limited pays 4 days inside the shortest term it states. 29% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 1% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2026 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 17 reports

Holding steady around 24 days

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 17 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

Steady around 24 days. Their reported average has moved within about ±3 days period to period; the dashed line marks the 28-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Cambridge Consultants Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 24 days against stated terms of 28–61 days; 29% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 1% took 61 days or longer. Filed 6 Aug 2026.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±3 days period to period.

On the latest reported averages: Faster than 70% of the 510 large companies reporting in professional & technical services.

That is 17 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Payment is made on the middle and the last day of the month following the month the invoice was dated.

Dispute resolution

We ask suppliers to log any complaints to a shared email inbox – [email protected] which is monitored throughout the day during office hours. We would expect to respond within 24 hours, even if we don’t have a full resolution within that time. If necessary, we might have to escalate internally if we can’t get approval for an invoice from the relevant Project Manager or Group Leader. We would aim to get any complaint fully resolved within 2 weeks.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	24	29%	1%	6 Aug 2026
H2 2025	21	21%	1%	29 Jan 2026
H1 2025	26	31%	1%	4 Sept 2025
H2 2024	23	26%	1%	6 Feb 2025
H1 2024	21	22%	1%	24 Sept 2024
H2 2023	24	36%	1%	6 Mar 2024
H1 2023	24	27%	2%	31 Aug 2023
H2 2022	27	39%	2%	30 Mar 2023
H1 2022	31	39%	3%	14 Sept 2022
H2 2021	27	30%	2%	6 Apr 2022
H1 2021	28	27%	2%	5 Aug 2021
H2 2020	32	36%	3%	1 Feb 2021
H1 2020	38	45%	3%	28 Jul 2020
H2 2019	33	16%	4%	24 Feb 2020
H1 2019	34	12%	3%	13 Sept 2019
H2 2018	34	13%	3%	5 Feb 2019
H1 2018	30	9%	3%	25 Jul 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 24 Dec 1971
Registered office: UNIT 29 SCIENCE PARK, CAMBRIDGE, CB4 0DW

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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Quick answers · Cambridge Consultants Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average is steady — within about ±3 days period to period, around 24 days.

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 24, moving within about ±3 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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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?

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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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