Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk
Gatwick Airport Limited pays suppliers in 37 days on average — within its stated 14–60 day terms
Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 23 days past the shortest term they state (14 days), still within their 60-day upper term.
- Their stated terms
- 14–60 days
- Paid outside agreed terms
- 33% of invoices
- Paid after 61+ days
- 9%
- Reporting period
- 1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
- Source
- their gov.uk filing, filed 1 Sept 2026
Self-reported figures from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.
Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing
Paid within their stated range — 37 against 14–60 days
Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices
The pattern · last 6 of 17 reports
25 → 37 days — slowing down
The read · computed from their figures
Gatwick Airport Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 37 days against stated terms of 14–60 days; 33% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 9% took 61 days or longer. Filed 1 Sept 2026.
The direction is slower: from 25 days in H2 2023 to 37 now — 12 days slower across their last 6 reports.
On the latest reported averages: Slower than 56% of the 245 large companies reporting in transport & storage.
That is 17 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.
What they tell their suppliers
In their own words · from the filing
Standard payment terms
Gatwick Airport’s standard payment terms are 60 days from the date of receipt of the invoice but many organisations, including smaller companies have terms of 30 days or less. Small invoices are paid immediately by Virtual Card. Payment runs are processed four times per month and pay all invoices that fall due in advance of the next payment run.
Dispute resolution
Disputes must be registered and resolved with the requisitioner who raised the Purchase Order. When the dispute has been resolved, the requisitioner will process a receipt for the goods or service which will enable the invoice to be paid on the appropriate payment run. Accounts Payable report all invoices on hold on a weekly basis to the requisitioners and proactively follow up for a resolution to outstanding disputes.
Every statutory report on record
Most recent first.
| Period | Avg days | Outside terms | 61+ days | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H1 2026 | 37 | 33% | 9% | 1 Sept 2026 |
| H2 2025 | 30 | 16% | 5% | 6 Feb 2026 |
| H1 2025 | 26 | 12% | 3% | 11 Sept 2025 |
| H2 2024 | 27 | 12% | 2% | 31 Jan 2025 |
| H1 2024 | 27 | 17% | 3% | 2 Aug 2024 |
| H2 2023 | 25 | 16% | 3% | 31 Jan 2024 |
| H1 2023 | 24 | 17% | 3% | 31 Jul 2023 |
| H2 2022 | 23 | 15% | 3% | 31 Jan 2023 |
| H1 2022 | 26 | 18% | 4% | 27 Jul 2022 |
| H2 2021 | 29 | 21% | 7% | 9 May 2022 |
| H1 2021 | 32 | 28% | 8% | 9 May 2022 |
| H2 2020 | 32 | 27% | 8% | 9 May 2022 |
| H1 2020 | 32 | 16% | 6% | 30 Jul 2020 |
| H1 2020 | 28 | 12% | 5% | 12 May 2020 |
| H2 2019 | 30 | 14% | 5% | 31 Oct 2019 |
| H1 2019 | 33 | 17% | 9% | 30 Apr 2019 |
| H2 2018 | 31 | 20% | 10% | 30 Oct 2018 |
On the public register · Companies House
Company record
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 19 Feb 1986
- Registered office
- 5TH FLOOR, GATWICK AIRPORT, GATWICK, RH6 0NP
Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic
What a 37-day cycle ties up
A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 37-day vs a 14-day payment cycle.
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.
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