Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

RPS Consulting Services Limited pays suppliers in 20 days on average — within its stated 7–45 day terms

CRN 01470149 · Professional & technical services · 11 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2026

20daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 13 days past the shortest term they state (7 days), still within their 45-day upper term.

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

Their stated terms: 7–45 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 18% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 1%
Reporting period: 1 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 1 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 — 20 against 7–45 days

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–50

avg 20d

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reported avg 20 days their filed terms 7–45 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 86% 31–60 days 13% 61+ days 1%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #111721, period 1 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2026, filed 1 May 2026 · gov.uk payment-practices service

RPS Consulting Services Limited pays within its stated range, 13 days past the shortest term. 18% 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 11 reports

57 → 20 days — getting faster

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 11 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

37 days faster across the window. From 57 days in H2 2020 to 20 in the H1 2026 filing; the dashed line marks the 7-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

RPS Consulting Services Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 20 days against stated terms of 7–45 days; 18% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 1% took 61 days or longer. Filed 1 May 2026.

The direction is faster: from 57 days in H2 2020 to 20 now — 37 days faster across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Faster than 80% of the 510 large companies reporting in professional & technical services.

That is 11 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

30 Days

Dispute resolution

In accordance with good practice, we aim to validate all invoices in a timely manner with any discrepancies or queries being referred to the supplier or subcontractor for resolution or invoice correction.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	20	18%	1%	1 May 2026
H2 2022	44	42%	9%	27 Apr 2023
H1 2022	51	11%	14%	31 Jul 2022
H2 2021	48	68%	14%	28 Apr 2022
H1 2021	54	3%	18%	28 Apr 2022
H2 2020	57	70%	25%	28 Apr 2022
H1 2020	57	17%	25%	28 Apr 2022
H2 2019	50	9%	20%	19 Feb 2020
H1 2019	55	11%	20%	27 Jul 2019
H2 2018	60	13%	28%	30 Jan 2019
H1 2018	58	15%	31%	30 Jul 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 31 Dec 1979
Registered office: 101 PARK DRIVE, ABINGDON, OX14 4RY

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Jun 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 20-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 20-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £8,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 20-day cycle — about £5,100 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 · RPS Consulting Services Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 37 days faster over the window (57 → 20 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report puts the average at day 20; across their last 6 reports it ranged 20–57 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?

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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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