Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk
How long does Vodafone Limited take to pay its suppliers?
Self-reported figure from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.
On the public register · Companies House
Company record
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 7 Jan 1980
- Registered office
- VODAFONE HOUSE, NEWBURY, RG14 2FN
Terms vs reality
Stated terms: 30–115 days. Reported average: 59.
At a glance
The key figures
Vs peers · latest reported averages
The pattern
Getting faster
Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.
Where their supplier invoices land · latest period
The read · computed from their figures
Vodafone Limited has filed 16 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 59 days against stated terms of 30–115 days.
The direction is faster: from 68 to 59 days over the window — about 9 days faster.
In the latest period 2% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 29% landed 61+ days out.
What they tell their suppliers
In their own words · from the filing
Standard payment terms
The percentages provided in the payment statistics above include payments made to Vodafone Group entities providing goods or services to Vodafone Limited. Vodafone intercompany payment terms include many transactions with payment terms up to 115 days. These payments are included in our reported statistics as required and this therefore impacts the payment statistics. If intercompany payments are excluded from the statistics, they are as follows: Average time to pay in days – 44 days Split of payments made under qualifying contracts in the reporting period: A) Percentage of invoices paid between day 1 and day 30 (inclusive) – 41 % B) Percentage of invoices paid between day 31 and day 60 (inclusive) – 55 % C) Percentage of invoices paid on or after day 61 – 4% The total val
Dispute resolution
Any disputes on individual invoices should be raised to the Vodafone Limited Accounts Payable team via our Supplier Digital Portal (http://supplier.ariba.com/) who will work with the supplier to resolve the issue. The supplier will generally receive a response the next day but we aim to respond to all queries within 5 working days. Any contractual disputes are managed through our Commercial Contract Management Process involving the supplier, Supply Chain Management and Legal. Suppliers should contact Supply Chain Management or the applicable Vodafone Commercial Manager in such cases. Vodafone Limited does not currently have a process which records the percentage of payments not made within the payment period as a result of a dispute. As we are unable to accurately report our posit
Other information
Vodafone Limited were signatories to the Prompt Payment Code until Dec 24 when it was withdrawn but remain committed to adhering to fair payment principles and have submitted an expression of interest to join its replacement, the Fair Payment Code. The majority of our invoices are received via eInvoicing which also improves our ability to pay them on time. Vodafone Limited continue to ensure that suppliers identified as small in accordance with the Companies Act, are changed to payment terms of 30 days from receipt of invoice where previous longer terms applied.
Every statutory report on record
Most recent first.
| Period | Avg days | Outside terms | 61+ days | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H1 2026 | 59 | 2% | 29% | 28 Apr 2026 |
| H2 2025 | 62 | 2% | 37% | 17 Apr 2026 |
| H1 2025 | 61 | 2% | 36% | 28 Apr 2025 |
| H2 2024 | 64 | 2% | 43% | 30 Oct 2024 |
| H1 2024 | 58 | 2% | 34% | 29 Apr 2024 |
| H2 2023 | 68 | 2% | 45% | 30 Oct 2023 |
| H1 2023 | 74 | 4% | 52% | 27 Apr 2023 |
| H2 2022 | 72 | 3% | 51% | 26 Oct 2022 |
| H1 2022 | 72 | 5% | 51% | 27 Apr 2022 |
| H2 2021 | 58 | 2% | 33% | 25 Oct 2021 |
| H1 2021 | 57 | 4% | 31% | 27 Apr 2021 |
| H2 2020 | 60 | 3% | 35% | 28 Oct 2020 |
| H1 2020 | 59 | 4% | 30% | 27 Apr 2020 |
| H2 2019 | 71 | 7% | 47% | 30 Oct 2019 |
| H1 2019 | 67 | 4% | 44% | 29 Apr 2019 |
| H2 2018 | 64 | 6% | 44% | 25 Oct 2018 |
Working-capital effect
What a 59-day cycle ties up
Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 59-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.
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.
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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 6,185 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).
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