Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Bristol Airport Limited paid suppliers in 23 days on average — within its stated 14–30 day terms

CRN 02078692 · Transport & storage · 3 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Dec 2019

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 31 Dec 2019 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

23daysavg time to pay · H2 2019

Their H2 2019 filing put the average 9 days past the shortest term they state (14 days), still within their 30-day upper term.

Their stated terms: 14–30 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 22% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 0%
Reporting period: 1 Jul 2019 – 31 Dec 2019
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 3 Mar 2020

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

Terms vs reality · their H2 2019 filing

Paid within their stated range — 23 against 14–30 days

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–40

avg 23d

0 days40 days

reported avg 23 days their filed terms 14–30 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 77% 31–60 days 23% 61+ days 0%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #29381, period 1 Jul 2019 – 31 Dec 2019, filed 3 Mar 2020 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Bristol Airport Limited paid within its stated range, 9 days past the shortest term. 22% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 0% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H2 2019 filing.

The pattern · last 3 of 3 reports

Held steady around 23 days

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 3 of 3 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

Steady around 23 days. Their reported average has moved within about ±0 days period to period; the dashed line marks the 14-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Bristol Airport Limited's H2 2019 filing put their average at 23 days against stated terms of 14–30 days; 22% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 0% took 61 days or longer. Filed 3 Mar 2020.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±0 days period to period.

That is 3 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

All suppliers are required to be paid on 30 days

Dispute resolution

Disputes from suppliers regarding invoices and payments should be raised with the Purchase Ledger Administrator in the first instance. The Purchase Ledger Administrator will then inform the supplier of the situation regarding the invoice if they are able to (ie a department has requested an invoice not be paid until a specific condition has been met). If the Purchase Ledger Assistant does not have any further information then they will escalate the query with the relevant department at Bristol Airport. It will then be the responsibility of the department to resolve the query, either internally with the Purchase Ledger Administrator or externally with their contact at the supplier. In either case the Purchase Ledger Administrator should be kept informed of the query status so that they can

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2019	23	22%	0%	3 Mar 2020
H1 2019	23	29%	0%	29 Jul 2019
H1 2018	23	28%	1%	25 Jul 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 28 Nov 1986
Registered office: LULSGATE HOUSE, BRISTOL, BS48 3DW

1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 23-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 23-day vs a 14-day payment cycle.

≈ £9,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 23-day cycle — about £3,500 more than the same account would carry at 14-day terms.

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.

Quick answers · Bristol Airport Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average was steady — within about ±0 days period to period, around 23 days.

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports averaged around day 23, moving within about ±0 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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