Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Addison Lee Limited paid suppliers in 23 days on average — inside its shortest stated term

CRN 01205530 · Transport & storage · 5 statutory reports on record · period to 28 Feb 2021

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 28 Feb 2021 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

23daysavg time to pay · H1 2021

Their H1 2021 filing put the average 7 days inside the shortest term they state (30 days).

Their stated terms: 30–60 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 13% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 1%
Reporting period: 1 Sept 2020 – 28 Feb 2021
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 6 Apr 2021

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2021 filing

Paid 7 days inside the 30-day term they state

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

avg 23d

0 days65 days

reported avg 23 days their filed terms 30–60 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 94% 31–60 days 5% 61+ days 1%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #43473, period 1 Sept 2020 – 28 Feb 2021, filed 6 Apr 2021 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Addison Lee Limited paid 7 days inside the shortest term it states. 13% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 1% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2021 filing.

The pattern · last 5 of 5 reports

27 → 23 days — faster across the window

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 5 of 5 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

4 days faster across the window. From 27 days in H1 2019 to 23 in the H1 2021 filing; the dashed line marks the 30-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Addison Lee Limited's H1 2021 filing put their average at 23 days against stated terms of 30–60 days; 13% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 1% took 61 days or longer. Filed 6 Apr 2021.

The direction is faster: from 27 days in H1 2019 to 23 now — 4 days faster across their last 5 reports.

That is 5 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2019) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard payment terms for supplier payments range between 0 to 60 days. Supplier payments are made per the agreed terms unless alternative payments arrangements / terms are agreed in advance. Related payment supplier payments are not settled periodically and dealt separately.

Dispute resolution

All queries are handled by dedicated accounts payables team. If there is a dispute, we would call/email the relevant vendors and follow up with an email to resolve. All queries raised by vendors are usually resolved within 10 working days. There is an escalation matrix which is shared with all vendors. Periodic governance process in place to monitor the performance of the accounts payable team to ensure that queries are resolved timely and satisfactorily, thereby ensuring a build-up of invoices on hold is avoided and vendors are paid accurately.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2021	23	13%	1%	6 Apr 2021
H1 2020	26	16%	4%	30 Sept 2020
H1 2020	22	13%	1%	31 Mar 2020
H1 2019	19	13%	2%	4 Dec 2019
H1 2019	27	10%	5%	10 Sept 2019

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 1 Apr 1975
Registered office: THE POINT, LONDON, W2 1AF

2 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2026 — overdue

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Quick answers · Addison Lee Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 4 days faster over the window (27 → 23 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report put the average at day 23; across their last 5 reports it ranged 19–27 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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