Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does General Dynamics United Kingdom Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 01911653 · Public administration · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

43days

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.

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 7 May 1985
Registered office: 47 RED LION STREET, LONDON, WC1R 4PF

3 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30–60 days. Reported average: 43.

Stated terms30–60d

+13 days

Reported avg43d

At a glance

The key figures

30–60d

their stated terms

52%

invoices paid outside terms

-18d

faster over the window

±4d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 74% of large companies reporting.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d

H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 54% 31–60 days 34% 61+ days 12%

The read · computed from their figures

General Dynamics United Kingdom Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 43 days against stated terms of 30–60 days.

The direction is faster: from 61 to 43 days over the window — about 18 days faster.

In the latest period 52% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 12% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Payment code: Prompt Payment Code 7% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

30 days from date of invoice

Dispute resolution

Invoice and payment queries are initially dealt with by our Accounts Payable Team. Each member of the team are responsible for a group of suppliers and will be up-to-date on the current status of their individual accounts. If there are complex issues preventing the approval of an account, it will be transferred to either our Supply Chain, Commercial and/or our Legal Department to assist with resolution.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	43	52%	12%	23 Jul 2026
H2 2025	51	76%	24%	28 Jan 2026
H1 2025	44	51%	13%	31 Jul 2025
H2 2024	46	67%	14%	30 Jan 2025
H1 2024	39	44%	5%	26 Jul 2024
H2 2023	61	68%	25%	1 Feb 2024
H1 2023	61	68%	26%	31 Jul 2023
H2 2022	71	70%	33%	31 Jan 2023
H1 2022	65	67%	36%	30 Jul 2022
H2 2021	38	43%	5%	25 Jan 2022
H1 2021	39	42%	10%	30 Jul 2021
H2 2020	38	49%	5%	25 Jan 2021
H1 2020	34	32%	2%	23 Jul 2020
H2 2019	34	36%	2%	29 Jan 2020
H1 2019	40	35%	5%	30 Jul 2019
H2 2018	43	58%	7%	30 Jan 2019
H1 2018	42	48%	6%	30 Jul 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 43-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. 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 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 18 days faster over the window (61 → 43 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 43, 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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