Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does BT Global Services Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 02410810 · Information & communication · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2026

32days

their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period

Around averagevs 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: 3 Aug 1989
Registered office: 1 BRAHAM STREET, LONDON, E1 8EE

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30–60 days. Reported average: 32.

Stated terms30–60d

+2 days

Reported avg32d

At a glance

The key figures

30–60d

their stated terms

11%

invoices paid outside terms

-6d

faster over the window

±7d

variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 61% of the 475 large companies reporting in information & communication.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d

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

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 47% 31–60 days 51% 61+ days 2%

The read · computed from their figures

BT Global Services Limited has filed 16 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 32 days against stated terms of 30–60 days.

The direction is faster: from 38 to 32 days over the window — about 6 days faster.

In the latest period 11% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 2% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

BT Global Services Ltd standard payment terms for contracted suppliers are 30 days for smaller suppliers and 60 days for larger suppliers. Some suppliers have mutually agreed non-standard longer terms and others have agreed shorter non-standard terms (e.g. Government contracts on 30 days).

Dispute resolution

BT Group have a standard dispute resolution process across all supplier payments. First point of contact is Accounts Payable, through contact points on website see link → Suppliers can use our support portal : “Register and start using the portal for free. Click here for more. https://digi-net.bt.com/PurchaseToPay/LoginPage

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	32	11%	2%	29 Apr 2026
H2 2025	45	33%	18%	28 Oct 2025
H1 2025	45	23%	12%	29 Apr 2025
H2 2024	45	23%	7%	30 Oct 2024
H1 2024	43	27%	12%	29 Apr 2024
H2 2023	38	22%	5%	31 Oct 2023
H1 2023	42	30%	7%	26 Apr 2023
H2 2022	48	21%	6%	28 Oct 2022
H1 2022	30	24%	5%	28 Apr 2022
H2 2021	39	19%	7%	29 Oct 2021
H1 2021	42	40%	11%	29 Apr 2021
H2 2020	37	14%	5%	29 Oct 2020
H1 2020	48	49%	27%	28 Apr 2020
H2 2019	37	44%	10%	28 Oct 2019
H1 2019	35	30%	7%	26 Apr 2019
H2 2018	45	33%	12%	12 Sept 2019

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 6 days faster over the window (38 → 32 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 32, moving within about ±7 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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