Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Shire Pharmaceuticals Limited paid suppliers in 47 days on average — inside its 60-day stated terms

CRN 02031674 · Manufacturing · 6 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Sept 2020

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 30 Sept 2020 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

47daysavg time to pay · H2 2020

Their H2 2020 filing put the average 13 days inside their stated 60-day term.

Their stated terms: 60 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 9% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 12%
Reporting period: 1 Apr 2020 – 30 Sept 2020
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 30 Oct 2020

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

Terms vs reality · their H2 2020 filing

Paid 13 days inside the 60-day term they state

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–65

avg 47d

0 days65 days

reported avg 47 days their filed terms 0–60 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 55% 31–60 days 33% 61+ days 12%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #37771, period 1 Apr 2020 – 30 Sept 2020, filed 30 Oct 2020 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Shire Pharmaceuticals Limited paid 13 days inside its stated 60-day term. 9% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 12% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H2 2020 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 6 reports

32 → 47 days — slower across the window

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

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

15 days slower across the window. From 32 days in H1 2018 to 47 in the H2 2020 filing; the dashed line marks the 60-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Shire Pharmaceuticals Limited's H2 2020 filing put their average at 47 days against stated terms of 60 days; 9% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 12% took 61 days or longer. Filed 30 Oct 2020.

The direction is slower: from 32 days in H1 2018 to 47 now — 15 days slower across their last 6 reports.

That is 6 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Terms are applied from invoice receipt date

Dispute resolution

Takeda Business Solutions (TBS), is responsible for maintaining supplier information, PO processing, invoice processing and payments. Please note the following important points about contacting us.We operate a ticketing system to ensure all queries are recorded and responded to within agreed timelines.All new queries will be assigned a Case Number and [ref: XXX]These numbers should be quoted on all replies to TBS. You’ll find it in the subject line of our auto-reply. Please use this case number if following up on your email or reply directly to our case email. Query handing email address : [email protected]

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2020	47	9%	12%	30 Oct 2020
H1 2020	40	17%	8%	24 Apr 2020
H2 2019	62	21%	17%	25 Feb 2020
H1 2019	52	34%	17%	30 Jul 2019
H2 2018	36	49%	17%	28 Jan 2019
H1 2018	32	44%	11%	30 Jul 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 26 Jun 1986
Registered office: 1 KINGDOM STREET, LONDON, W2 6BD

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Quick answers · Shire Pharmaceuticals Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 15 days slower over the window (32 → 47 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report put the average at day 47; across their last 6 reports it ranged 32–62 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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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