Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk
National Grid Electricity Transmission PLC pays suppliers in 30 days on average — inside its 60-day stated terms
Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 30 days inside their stated 60-day term.
- Their stated terms
- 60 days
- Paid outside agreed terms
- 9% of invoices
- Paid after 61+ days
- 2%
- Reporting period
- 1 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
- Source
- their gov.uk filing, filed 5 Jun 2026
Self-reported figures from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.
Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing
Paid 30 days inside the 60-day term they state
Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices
The pattern · last 6 of 16 reports
Holding steady around 30 days
The read · computed from their figures
National Grid Electricity Transmission PLC's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 30 days against stated terms of 60 days; 9% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 2% took 61 days or longer. Filed 5 Jun 2026.
The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±1 days period to period.
On the latest reported averages: Slower than 62% of the 158 large companies reporting in electricity & gas.
That is 16 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.
What they tell their suppliers
In their own words · from the filing
Standard payment terms
42 days from invoice date
Dispute resolution
All disputes raised will be handled by a combination of the dedicated Purchase to Pay team, the Procurement team and the business unit working with the supplier
Every statutory report on record
Most recent first.
| Period | Avg days | Outside terms | 61+ days | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H1 2026 | 30 | 9% | 2% | 5 Jun 2026 |
| H2 2025 | 30 | 1% | 2% | 17 Nov 2025 |
| H1 2025 | 31 | 8% | 3% | 29 Apr 2025 |
| H2 2024 | 30 | 10% | 3% | 31 Oct 2024 |
| H1 2024 | 31 | 7% | 2% | 2 May 2024 |
| H2 2023 | 30 | 10% | 2% | 30 Oct 2023 |
| H1 2023 | 28 | 13% | 2% | 28 Apr 2023 |
| H2 2022 | 29 | 8% | 2% | 27 Oct 2022 |
| H1 2022 | 28 | 8% | 3% | 30 Apr 2022 |
| H2 2021 | 31 | 12% | 2% | 31 Oct 2021 |
| H1 2021 | 39 | 8% | 2% | 29 Apr 2021 |
| H2 2020 | 43 | 20% | 5% | 29 Oct 2020 |
| H1 2020 | 44 | 10% | 4% | 30 Apr 2020 |
| H2 2019 | 46 | 15% | 8% | 30 Oct 2019 |
| H1 2019 | 42 | 14% | 5% | 30 Apr 2019 |
| H2 2018 | 41 | 11% | 4% | 30 Oct 2018 |
On the public register · Companies House
Company record
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Public Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1 Apr 1989
- Registered office
- 1 - 3 STRAND, WC2N 5EH
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