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How long does Channel Tunnel Group Limited(the) take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 01811435 · Transport & storage · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Dec 2025

32days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Around averagevs 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
26 Apr 1984
Registered office
UK TERMINAL, ASHFORD ROAD, KENT, CT18 8XX
30 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30 days. Reported average: 32.

Stated terms30d
+2 days
Reported avg32d

At a glance

The key figures

30d
their stated terms
21%
invoices paid outside terms
+6d
slower over the window
±4d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 58% of the 248 large companies reporting in transport & storage.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d
26
27
28
26
34
32
H1 2023H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 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

Channel Tunnel Group Limited(the) has filed 16 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 32 days against stated terms of 30 days.

The direction is slower: from 26 to 32 days over the window — about 6 days slower.

In the latest period 21% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 4% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Our standard payment terms are to pay suppliers within 30 days date of invoice, assuming that the invoice is sent immediately to the Accounts Payable Dpt, quoting a valid PO and that goods or services are delivered in accordance with the purchase order. However payment terms may be negotiated on a case by case basis depending on the commercial situation. Pay-runs are processed once a week and include any item due before the next payment run date.

Dispute resolution

Disputes are handled by the manager of the contract with the support of the Procurement Department and Legal Department if necessary.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H2 20253221%4%3 Jun 2026
H1 20253420%6%3 Jun 2026
H2 20242615%2%31 Jan 2025
H1 20242821%5%19 Aug 2024
H2 20232722%3%1 Feb 2024
H1 20232618%2%1 Aug 2023
H2 20222718%3%30 Jan 2023
H1 20222818%3%26 Aug 2022
H2 20213022%5%31 Jan 2022
H1 20213124%6%29 Jul 2021
H2 20203024%6%29 Jan 2021
H1 20202621%3%23 Jul 2020
H2 20192420%2%31 Jan 2020
H1 20192731%3%31 Jul 2019
H2 20183033%3%31 Jan 2019
H1 20182728%3%31 Jul 2018

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 6 days slower over the window (26 → 32 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 32, moving within about ±4 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
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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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