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How long does RPS Consulting Services Limited take to pay its suppliers?

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

20days
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
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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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 7–45 days. Reported average: 20.

Stated terms7–45d
+13 days
Reported avg20d

At a glance

The key figures

7–45d
their stated terms
18%
invoices paid outside terms
-37d
faster over the window
±16d
variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 80% of the 530 large companies reporting in professional & technical services.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 7d
57
54
48
51
44
20
H2 2020H1 2021H2 2021H1 2022H2 2022H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

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

The read · computed from their figures

RPS Consulting Services Limited has filed 11 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 20 days against stated terms of 7–45 days.

The direction is faster: from 57 to 20 days over the window — about 37 days faster.

In the latest period 18% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 1% landed 61+ days out.

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.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20262018%1%1 May 2026
H2 20224442%9%27 Apr 2023
H1 20225111%14%31 Jul 2022
H2 20214868%14%28 Apr 2022
H1 2021543%18%28 Apr 2022
H2 20205770%25%28 Apr 2022
H1 20205717%25%28 Apr 2022
H2 2019509%20%19 Feb 2020
H1 20195511%20%27 Jul 2019
H2 20186013%28%30 Jan 2019
H1 20185815%31%30 Jul 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 20-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. 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 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 37 days faster over the window (57 → 20 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 20, moving within about ±16 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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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 6,185 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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