Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Eurostar International Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 02462001 · Transport & storage · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

42days

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.

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 22 Jan 1990
Registered office: 6TH FLOOR, KINGS PLACE, LONDON, N1 9AG

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 14–60 days. Reported average: 42.

Stated terms14–60d

+28 days

Reported avg42d

At a glance

The key figures

14–60d

their stated terms

40%

invoices paid outside terms

+18d

slower over the window

±17d

variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 71% of the 248 large companies reporting in transport & storage.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 14d

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

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 61% 31–60 days 24% 61+ days 15%

The read · computed from their figures

Eurostar International Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 42 days against stated terms of 14–60 days.

The direction is slower: from 24 to 42 days over the window — about 18 days slower.

In the latest period 40% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 15% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

1% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

The standard payment term is 30 days from invoice date.

Dispute resolution

Dispute resolution process Payment practice report for EUROSTAR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Please see extracts from our standard contract terms below: 12. Invoices and Payments 12.1. EIL shall pay the Charges no later than 30 days from the date of the Supplier's invoice, provided always that the Supplier has complied with the payment procedures in Schedule 1, 12.2. The Parties agree that: 12.2.1. the provisions of the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 shall not apply to this Contract; 12.2.2. where invoices are not paid by EIL on the due date, the Supplier shall notify EIL in writing; 12.2.3. 14 days after the date of receipt of such written notification by EIL, (the "Notification Receipt Date") interest shall be payable by EIL on the outstanding sum, at a rate of 3% above th

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	42	40%	15%	24 Jul 2026
H2 2025	10	3%	13%	26 Feb 2026
H1 2025	11	9%	13%	8 Aug 2025
H2 2024	9	1%	16%	18 Feb 2025
H1 2024	11	1%	13%	2 Aug 2024
H2 2023	24	1%	15%	13 Mar 2024
H1 2023	12	34%	13%	29 Sept 2023
H2 2022	45	40%	14%	6 Feb 2023
H1 2022	58	51%	17%	9 Jan 2023
H2 2021	56	50%	22%	8 Feb 2022
H1 2021	58	51%	22%	23 Jul 2021
H2 2020	58	49%	23%	9 Feb 2021
H1 2020	44	46%	14%	3 Aug 2020
H2 2019	39	28%	11%	16 Jan 2020
H1 2019	37	78%	9%	11 Jul 2019
H2 2018	40	25%	10%	25 Jan 2019
H1 2018	42	31%	13%	30 Jul 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 42-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 42-day vs a 14-day payment cycle.

≈ £16,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 42-day cycle — about £11,000 more than the same account would carry at 14-day terms.

Late Payment Act. The Late Payment of Commercial Debts Act lets a supplier charge statutory interest and fixed compensation on invoices paid past agreed terms. Work out what a late invoice is worth → Whether it applies depends on your contract — check with an adviser.

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 18 days slower over the window (24 → 42 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 42, moving within about ±17 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 6,185 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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