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How long does Bureau Veritas Certification UK Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 02244967 · Other services · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

36days
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.

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On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
18 Apr 1988
Registered office
SUITE 206 FORT DUNLOP, BIRMINGHAM, B24 9FD
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 60 days. Reported average: 36.

Stated terms60d
-24 days
Reported avg36d

At a glance

The key figures

60d
their stated terms
6%
invoices paid outside terms
-9d
faster over the window
±16d
variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 64% of the 118 large companies reporting in other services.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 60d
45
71
36
68
40
36
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 48% 31–60 days 46% 61+ days 6%

The read · computed from their figures

Bureau Veritas Certification UK Limited has filed 16 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 36 days against stated terms of 60 days.

The direction is faster: from 45 to 36 days over the window — about 9 days faster.

In the latest period 6% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 6% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

60% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Invoices will be paid within a maximum of sixty (60) days from the invoice date by bank transfer to the account specified in the Supplier Information Form. Payments may only be made to a bank account held in the supplier's name and located in the country or jurisdiction in which the supplier is legally incorporated or registered.

Dispute resolution

Invoices with No PO are returned to the supplier to correct. Disputed invoices are queried between the purchaser and the supplier in the first instance. If the purchaser cannot get to a resolution the query is escalated to the accounts payable team to assist in resolution. Invoices are not approved for payment until the query is resolved.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2026366%6%30 Jul 2026
H2 20254011%11%26 Jan 2026
H1 20256832%32%29 Jul 2025
H2 2024366%6%31 Jan 2025
H1 20247127%27%31 Jul 2024
H2 20234520%20%31 Jan 2024
H1 20233916%16%28 Jul 2023
H2 2022284%4%6 Feb 2023
H1 20225972%28%5 Aug 2022
H2 2021293%3%17 Jan 2022
H1 20213811%11%30 Jul 2021
H2 20206029%29%9 Feb 2021
H1 20206070%70%30 Jul 2020
H1 20195166%23%31 Jul 2019
H2 20184756%20%31 Jul 2019
H1 20183744%8%30 Jul 2018

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 9 days faster over the window (45 → 36 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 36, moving within about ±16 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
Can I see what this means for my invoices?
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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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