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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

British Airways PLC paid suppliers in 26 days on average — inside its 30-day stated terms

CRN 01777777 · Transport & storage · 10 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Dec 2022

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 31 Dec 2022 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.
26daysavg time to pay · H2 2022

Their H2 2022 filing put the average 4 days inside their stated 30-day term.

Their stated terms
30 days
Paid outside agreed terms
29% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
4%
Reporting period
1 Jul 2022 – 31 Dec 2022
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 13 Jul 2023

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

Terms vs reality · their H2 2022 filing

Paid 4 days inside the 30-day term they state

The pattern · last 6 of 10 reports

37 → 26 days — faster across the window

The read · computed from their figures

British Airways PLC's H2 2022 filing put their average at 26 days against stated terms of 30 days; 29% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 4% took 61 days or longer. Filed 13 Jul 2023.

The direction is faster: from 37 days in H1 2020 to 26 now — 11 days faster across their last 6 reports.

That is 10 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

Payment code: The Prompt Payment Code Offers e-invoicing

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Net monthly

Dispute resolution

Disputes and all types of queries are handled by a dedicated Accounts Payables Helpdesk, Monday to Friday, via e-mail or phone.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H2 20222629%4%13 Jul 2023
H1 20223032%6%29 Jul 2022
H2 20212633%4%31 Jan 2022
H1 20214748%12%30 Jul 2021
H2 20204657%17%29 Jan 2021
H1 20203747%11%30 Jul 2020
H2 20193049%7%30 Jan 2020
H1 20192832%4%30 Jul 2019
H2 20182931%4%18 Jan 2019
H1 20183034%5%30 Jul 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Public Limited Company
Incorporated
13 Dec 1983
Registered office
WATERSIDE, HARMONDSWORTH, UB7 0GB
730 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Jun 2027

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Quick answers · British Airways PLC

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 11 days faster over the window (37 → 26 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report put the average at day 26; across their last 6 reports it ranged 26–47 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
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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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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