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How long does Apple (UK) Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 01591116 · Information & communication · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 28 Mar 2026

38days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Slower 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
14 Oct 1981
Registered office
280 BISHOPSGATE, LONDON, EC2M 4AG
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Jun 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 1–45 days. Reported average: 38.

Stated terms1–45d
+37 days
Reported avg38d

At a glance

The key figures

1–45d
their stated terms
16%
invoices paid outside terms
-4d
faster over the window
±5d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 79% of the 475 large companies reporting in information & communication.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 1d
42
40
46
37
36
38
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 44% 31–60 days 51% 61+ days 5%

The read · computed from their figures

Apple (UK) Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 38 days against stated terms of 1–45 days.

The direction is faster: from 42 to 38 days over the window — about 4 days faster.

In the latest period 16% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 5% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard payment terms are 45 days (either from the invoice date or the day we receive the invoice, depending on the contract or Purchase Order T&Cs), however specific terms are negotiated depending on the commercial situation.

Dispute resolution

Reasons for not being able to pay based on usual payment terms include receiving late or non-compliant invoices or invoices that are in dispute. We have a dedicated Finance Support Helpdesk which is reachable by email. Vendors with invoice queries can contact this team and if the helpdesk is not able to resolve they will escalate the issue to the accounts payable team. The accounts payable team will reach out to the internal business contacts to investigate why the invoice has not been approved for payment.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20263816%5%23 Apr 2026
H2 20253612%4%24 Oct 2025
H1 20253714%6%29 Apr 2025
H2 20244619%9%23 Oct 2024
H1 20244018%8%25 Apr 2024
H2 20234220%8%27 Oct 2023
H1 20234016%7%28 Apr 2023
H2 20223512%5%26 Oct 2022
H1 20224318%9%29 Apr 2022
H2 20213915%6%28 Oct 2021
H1 20214219%8%22 Apr 2021
H2 20204416%8%28 Oct 2020
H1 20204721%13%24 Apr 2020
H2 20194726%13%25 Oct 2019
H1 20195030%17%26 Apr 2019
H2 20187636%20%31 Oct 2018
H1 20185136%14%30 Apr 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 38-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 38-day vs a 1-day payment cycle.

≈ £15,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 38-day cycle — about £14,600 more than the same account would carry at 1-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 4 days faster over the window (42 → 38 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 38, moving within about ±5 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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