Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Bytes Software Services Limited pays suppliers in 43 days on average — within its stated 30–90 day terms

CRN 01616977 · Information & communication · 14 statutory reports on record · period to 28 Feb 2026

43daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 13 days past the shortest term they state (30 days), still within their 90-day upper term.

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

Their stated terms: 30–90 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 4% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 4%
Reporting period: 1 Sept 2025 – 28 Feb 2026
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 17 Mar 2026

Self-reported figures from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid within their stated range — 43 against 30–90 days

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–100

avg 43d

0 days100 days

reported avg 43 days their filed terms 30–90 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 38% 31–60 days 58% 61+ days 4%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #109824, period 1 Sept 2025 – 28 Feb 2026, filed 17 Mar 2026 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Bytes Software Services Limited pays within its stated range, 13 days past the shortest term. 4% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 4% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2026 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 14 reports

30 → 43 days — slowing down

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 14 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

13 days slower across the window. From 30 days in H1 2022 to 43 in the H1 2026 filing; the dashed line marks the 30-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Bytes Software Services Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 43 days against stated terms of 30–90 days; 4% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 4% took 61 days or longer. Filed 17 Mar 2026.

The direction is slower: from 30 days in H1 2022 to 43 now — 13 days slower across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 86% of the 476 large companies reporting in information & communication.

That is 14 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

2% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

We generally use supplier terms: 30 days net, end of month following date of invoice: 60 days end of month following date of invoice (which can equate to 90 days on some invoices)

Dispute resolution

Query/disputed invoices are logged on a daily basis and resolved with relevant parties in a timely manner.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	43	4%	4%	17 Mar 2026
H1 2025	37	5%	5%	30 Sept 2025
H1 2025	43	4%	5%	20 Mar 2025
H1 2024	42	4%	4%	31 Jan 2025
H1 2023	39	4%	4%	14 Aug 2023
H1 2022	30	4%	4%	3 Oct 2022
H1 2022	35	3%	3%	4 Apr 2022
H1 2021	40	3%	3%	1 Oct 2021
H1 2021	41	4%	8%	16 Apr 2021
H1 2020	42	4%	5%	18 Sept 2020
H1 2020	40	3%	5%	18 Sept 2020
H1 2019	38	3%	4%	30 Sept 2019
H1 2019	44	4%	14%	28 Mar 2019
H1 2018	41	3%	3%	19 Sept 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 25 Feb 1982
Registered office: BYTES HOUSE, LEATHERHEAD, KT22 7TW

1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Nov 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 43-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 43-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £17,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 43-day cycle — about £5,100 more than the same account would carry at 30-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 · Bytes Software Services Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 13 days slower over the window (30 → 43 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report puts the average at day 43; across their last 6 reports it ranged 30–43 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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What does "paid outside agreed terms" mean?

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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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