Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Northgate Vehicle Hire Limited pays suppliers in 43 days on average — within its stated 7–61 day terms

CRN 01434157 · Administrative & support services · 18 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Apr 2026

43daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 36 days past the shortest term they state (7 days), still within their 61-day upper term.

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

Their stated terms: 7–61 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 24% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 6%
Reporting period: 1 Nov 2025 – 30 Apr 2026
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 29 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 — 43 against 7–61 days

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

avg 43d

0 days70 days

reported avg 43 days their filed terms 7–61 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 24% 31–60 days 70% 61+ days 6%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #112094, period 1 Nov 2025 – 30 Apr 2026, filed 29 May 2026 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Northgate Vehicle Hire Limited pays within its stated range, 36 days past the shortest term. 24% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 6% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2026 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 18 reports

47 → 43 days — getting faster

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 18 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 47 days in H2 2023 to 43 in the H1 2026 filing; the dashed line marks the 7-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Northgate Vehicle Hire Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 43 days against stated terms of 7–61 days; 24% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 6% took 61 days or longer. Filed 29 May 2026.

The direction is faster: from 47 days in H2 2023 to 43 now — 4 days faster across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 79% of the 593 large companies reporting in administrative & support services.

That is 18 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2017) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Payment due on last day of the month following the one in which the invoice is dated for non-vehicle purchases. 7 days from date of invoice for vehicle purchases.

Dispute resolution

Accounts payable use a query management system which assigns queries to relevant personnel. Dispute resolution then conducted in house by the assignee.This process is completed on a timely basis. Suppliers may be contacted where appropriate.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	43	24%	6%	29 May 2026
H2 2025	48	25%	6%	27 Nov 2025
H1 2025	46	26%	7%	27 May 2025
H2 2024	45	29%	10%	28 Nov 2024
H1 2024	46	18%	8%	31 May 2024
H2 2023	47	29%	10%	27 Nov 2023
H1 2023	49	32%	11%	30 May 2023
H2 2022	48	27%	11%	29 Nov 2022
H1 2022	50	33%	14%	31 May 2022
H2 2021	48	14%	12%	30 Nov 2021
H1 2021	44	30%	11%	28 May 2021
H2 2020	49	31%	12%	27 Nov 2020
H1 2020	45	19%	10%	29 May 2020
H2 2019	45	28%	10%	29 Nov 2019
H1 2019	47	20%	12%	27 Jun 2019
H2 2018	45	29%	11%	27 Jun 2019
H1 2018	41	14%	10%	27 Jun 2019
H2 2017	40	13%	9%	30 Nov 2017

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 2 Jul 1979
Registered office: NORTHGATE CENTRE, DARLINGTON, DL1 4PZ

1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Jan 2027

Open the full record at Companies House.

Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 43-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 43-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £17,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 43-day cycle — about £14,200 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 Vehicle Hire Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 4 days faster over the window (47 → 43 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report puts the average at day 43; across their last 6 reports it ranged 43–48 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

Can I see what this means for my invoices?

Run the live check — it re-reads their record and their live Companies House file, on the amount you invoice.

Stay ahead

Watch Northgate Vehicle Hire Limited (free)

Their next payment report is due ≈ 26 Nov 2026. We watch their public record and email you when something changes — a new payment report, late filings, insolvency markers, new charges.

You’ll get a confirmation email first. Unsubscribe any time. How we handle your address.

More large companies in administrative & support services

Northern Powergrid Metering Limited · Northrop Grumman UK Limited · Northern Gas Networks Operations Limited · Northstandard Group Services Limited · Norse Eastern Limited · Nottingham City Homes Limited

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).

Report PL-01434157 · latest period to 30 Apr 2026

Verify the original Companies House file

Built by YORXEN LTD · registered in England & Wales · CRN 17303256 · privacy · terms.