Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Tata Steel UK Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 02280000 · Manufacturing · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2026

127days

their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period

Well behindvs 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: 26 Jul 1988
Registered office: 18 GROSVENOR PLACE, LONDON, SW1X 7HS

6 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 0–180 days. Reported average: 127.

Stated terms0–180d

+127 days

Reported avg127d

At a glance

The key figures

0–180d

their stated terms

92%

invoices paid outside terms

+32d

slower over the window

±16d

variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 99% of the 992 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

102

111

105

127

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

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 4% 31–60 days 9% 61+ days 87%

The read · computed from their figures

Tata Steel UK Limited has filed 16 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 127 days against stated terms of 0–180 days.

The direction is slower: from 95 to 127 days over the window — about 32 days slower.

In the latest period 92% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 87% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing Offers supply-chain finance

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Tata Steel UK Limited (“TSUK”) does not have a standard payment term. TSUK has a range of payment terms dependent on a number of factors. The most common payment term used within the company is that payment of undisputed amounts, unless otherwise set out in a Purchase Order, shall be made on the last day of the second calendar month after the month of delivery or performance, provided the invoice quotes the relevant Purchase Order number and relevant Service Entry Sheet (“SES”) number and such invoice reaches TSUK by the 5th of the month following the month of delivery.

Dispute resolution

TSUK has a dedicated Contact Centre for external communications. The Contact Centre offers support on any query or will assist in directing queries to the relevant department for resolution. The team can be contacted via email ([email protected]) or telephone (01639 605300), Monday to Thursday, 8:30am to 4:45pm and Friday, 8:30am to 3:45pm. TSUK attempts to resolve all queries relating to disputed payments at the initial point of contact. Queries left unresolved, and needing investigation after the initial contact, are given a reference number. TSUK will further investigate the unresolved query and provide regular updates to the supplier until resolution.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	127	92%	87%	27 Apr 2026
H2 2025	105	89%	84%	23 Oct 2025
H1 2025	111	90%	87%	28 Apr 2025
H2 2024	96	74%	83%	30 Oct 2024
H1 2024	102	80%	85%	29 Apr 2024
H2 2023	95	67%	81%	30 Oct 2023
H1 2023	94	66%	81%	17 Apr 2023
H2 2022	98	69%	83%	19 Oct 2022
H1 2022	99	83%	85%	26 Apr 2022
H2 2021	98	80%	84%	20 Oct 2021
H1 2021	99	71%	84%	30 Apr 2021
H2 2020	96	73%	82%	21 Oct 2020
H1 2020	89	63%	80%	16 Apr 2020
H2 2019	87	63%	80%	30 Oct 2019
H1 2019	87	59%	80%	26 Apr 2019
H2 2018	89	68%	81%	25 Oct 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 127-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 127-day vs a 0-day payment cycle.

≈ £50,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 127-day cycle — about £50,100 more than the same account would carry at 0-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 32 days slower over the window (95 → 127 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 127, moving within about ±16 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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