Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

G4S Security Services (UK) Limited pays suppliers in 26 days on average — inside its 30-day stated terms

CRN 02380900 · Administrative & support services · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

26daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 4 days inside their stated 30-day term.

Slower than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers

Their stated terms: 30 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 52% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 0%
Reporting period: 1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 21 Jul 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid 4 days inside the 30-day term they state

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–40

avg 26d

0 days40 days

reported avg 26 days their filed terms 30 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 62% 31–60 days 38% 61+ days 0%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #113197, period 1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026, filed 21 Jul 2026 · gov.uk payment-practices service

G4S Security Services (UK) Limited pays 4 days inside its stated 30-day term. 52% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 0% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2026 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 16 reports

30 → 26 days — getting faster

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 16 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

4 days faster across the window. From 30 days in H1 2023 to 26 in the H1 2026 filing; the dashed line marks the 30-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

G4S Security Services (UK) Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 26 days against stated terms of 30 days; 52% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 0% took 61 days or longer. Filed 21 Jul 2026.

The direction is faster: from 30 days in H1 2023 to 26 now — 4 days faster across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Faster than 55% of the 593 large companies reporting in administrative & support services.

That is 16 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

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard payment terms to large suppliers is 60 days from the date of invoice receipt. Standard terms for SMEs and smaller suppliers is 30 days from the date of invoice receipt or before.

Dispute resolution

Any complaint or concern from suppliers relating to dispute can be raised to: Telephone Number 0844 6200410 or Email '[email protected]' We aim to try and get these raised to our ticketing system and allocated to a end user to work with the supplier within 72 Hours.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	26	52%	0%	21 Jul 2026
H2 2025	23	13%	2%	30 Jan 2026
H1 2025	50	52%	23%	30 Jul 2025
H2 2024	50	57%	29%	17 Jan 2025
H2 2023	29	31%	13%	22 Jan 2024
H1 2023	30	50%	6%	21 Jul 2023
H2 2022	14	60%	23%	19 Jan 2023
H1 2022	34	50%	7%	18 Jul 2022
H2 2021	43	46%	10%	28 Jan 2022
H1 2021	48	61%	35%	22 Jul 2021
H2 2020	34	46%	9%	22 Jan 2021
H1 2020	33	43%	20%	23 Jul 2020
H2 2019	30	29%	8%	27 Jan 2020
H1 2019	35	60%	10%	31 Jul 2019
H2 2018	36	48%	15%	18 Jan 2019
H1 2018	35	39%	12%	27 Jul 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 8 May 1989
Registered office: 50 BROADWAY, LONDON, SW1H 0BD

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2026 — overdue

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Quick answers · G4S Security Services (UK) Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 4 days faster over the window (30 → 26 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report puts the average at day 26; across their last 6 reports it ranged 23–50 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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