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How long does British American Tobacco UK Limited take to pay its suppliers?

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

44days
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
13 Feb 1989
Registered office
BUILDING 7, CHISWICK BUSINESS PARK, LONDON, W4 5YG
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 60–90 days. Reported average: 44.

Stated terms60–90d
-16 days
Reported avg44d

At a glance

The key figures

60–90d
their stated terms
22%
invoices paid outside terms
+6d
slower over the window
±4d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 68% of the 819 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 60d
38
40
36
39
41
44
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 40% 31–60 days 36% 61+ days 24%

The read · computed from their figures

British American Tobacco UK Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 44 days against stated terms of 60–90 days.

The direction is slower: from 38 to 44 days over the window — about 6 days slower.

In the latest period 22% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 24% 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

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

Quick answers

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 reports average around day 44, moving within about ±4 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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