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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

British American Tobacco UK Limited pays suppliers in 44 days on average — inside its shortest stated term

CRN 02346565 · Wholesale & retail trade · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

44daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 16 days inside the shortest term they state (60 days).

Slower than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
60–90 days
Paid outside agreed terms
22% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
24%
Reporting period
1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 28 Jul 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid 16 days inside the 60-day term they state

The pattern · last 6 of 17 reports

38 → 44 days — slowing down

The read · computed from their figures

British American Tobacco UK Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 44 days against stated terms of 60–90 days; 22% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 24% took 61 days or longer. Filed 28 Jul 2026.

The direction is slower: from 38 days in H2 2023 to 44 now — 6 days slower across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 69% of the 815 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

That is 17 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 Offers supply-chain finance

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Should be based on the most common payment term in the reporting period as no default payment term. Some contracts contain a fortnightly payment run clause that states Suppliers accept that BAT’s payment processing centres operate a fortnightly payment run system and that, if the due date for payment of the Valid Invoice falls after the fortnightly payment run day in the relevant week, the Valid Invoice will be paid on the following fortnightly payment run day. This clause is agreed with Suppliers as part of the contract negotiation process before it is implemented

Dispute resolution

If suppliers have any queries related to invoices and payments they can contact [email protected], which acts as an information center. FSD UK will provide details such as status of invoices, date of payments and statement of account reconciliations. For any dispute related to the terms and conditions agreed, FSD UK will direct the suppliers to the relevant BAT personnel to obtain information about their query.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20264422%24%28 Jul 2026
H2 20254116%19%28 Jan 2026
H1 20253917%10%29 Jul 2025
H2 20243612%12%28 Jan 2025
H1 20244011%13%23 Jul 2024
H2 20233814%12%23 Jan 2024
H1 20233816%9%27 Jul 2023
H2 2022445%20%31 Jan 2023
H1 2022442%15%27 Jul 2022
H2 20214028%15%28 Jan 2022
H1 20213926%14%29 Jul 2021
H2 2020362%12%28 Jan 2021
H1 2020347%7%29 Jul 2020
H2 2019298%6%30 Jan 2020
H1 2019326%14%30 Jul 2019
H2 2018335%6%30 Jan 2019
H1 20183134%7%27 Jul 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
13 Feb 1989
Registered office
BUILDING 7, CHISWICK BUSINESS PARK, LONDON, W4 5YG
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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Quick answers · British American Tobacco UK Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 6 days slower over the window (38 → 44 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report puts the average at day 44; across their last 6 reports it ranged 36–44 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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