Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does The Association of Accounting Technicians take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 01518983 · Other services · 5 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Sept 2025

22days

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.

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Incorporated: 26 Sept 1980
Registered office: 30 CHURCHILL PLACE, LONDON, E14 5RE

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30 days. Reported average: 22.

Stated terms30d

-8 days

Reported avg22d

At a glance

The key figures

30d

their stated terms

19%

invoices paid outside terms

-3d

faster over the window

±3d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Faster than 79% of the 118 large companies reporting in other services.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 5 statutory reports.

terms 30d

H2 2019H1 2020H1 2021H2 2021H2 2025

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 81% 31–60 days 15% 61+ days 4%

The read · computed from their figures

The Association of Accounting Technicians has filed 5 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2019). Their latest report puts the average at 22 days against stated terms of 30 days.

The direction is faster: from 25 to 22 days over the window — about 3 days faster.

In the latest period 19% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 4% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

1% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

We use standard payment terms. 30 days from date of invoice.

Dispute resolution

Disputes are resolved by negotiation involving the relevant parties.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2025	22	19%	4%	2 Nov 2025
H2 2021	22	7%	2%	26 Oct 2021
H1 2021	27	14%	3%	19 Apr 2021
H1 2020	25	11%	3%	19 May 2020
H2 2019	25	13%	2%	24 Oct 2019

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 3 days faster over the window (25 → 22 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 22, moving within about ±3 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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