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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Gilead Sciences Ltd pays suppliers in 56 days on average — 11 days past its stated terms

CRN 02543818 · Wholesale & retail trade · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

56daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 11 days past the 45-day term they state.

Well behindvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
30–45 days
Paid outside agreed terms
73% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
38%
Reporting period
1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 29 Jul 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid 11 days past their stated terms

The pattern · last 6 of 17 reports

31 → 56 days — slowing down

The read · computed from their figures

Gilead Sciences Ltd's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 56 days against stated terms of 30–45 days; 73% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 38% took 61 days or longer. Filed 29 Jul 2026.

The direction is slower: from 31 days in H2 2023 to 56 now — 25 days slower across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 84% of the 815 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

That is 17 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

Payment made on undisputed amounts 30-45 Days after receipt of the invoice. Once an invoice is approved it is sent for payment in the next available weekly payment run.

Dispute resolution

Each engagement with a supplier will be managed by a Gilead business owner. Should a dispute arise in relation to payment for such engagement, it will be discussed by the supplier and the relevant Gilead business owner as soon as possible and escalated internally with a view to reaching resolution.

Other information

Gilead reserves the right to withhold payment of any invoice or part of an invoice to the extent that the services/goods provided are not in accordance with the agreement entered into. We also reserve the right to set off any liability of Supplier to Gilead against any liability of Gilead to Supplier.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20265673%38%29 Jul 2026
H2 20253345%7%22 Jan 2026
H1 20254765%24%28 Jul 2025
H2 20242944%2%29 Jan 2025
H1 20243136%2%26 Jul 2024
H2 20233148%1%30 Jan 2024
H1 20233254%1%18 Jul 2023
H2 20225855%5%17 Jan 2023
H1 20223255%1%28 Jul 2022
H2 20212946%2%21 Jan 2022
H1 20217267%55%30 Jul 2021
H2 20203251%1%26 Jan 2021
H1 20203762%3%27 Jul 2020
H2 20192630%0%27 Jan 2020
H1 20192110%2%22 Jul 2019
H2 2018239%3%28 Jan 2019
H1 20182417%4%30 Jul 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
27 Sept 1990
Registered office
280 HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON, WC1V 7EE
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 56-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 56-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £22,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 56-day cycle — about £10,200 more than the same account would carry at 30-day terms.

Late Payment Act. The Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 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 · Gilead Sciences Ltd

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 25 days slower over the window (31 → 56 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report puts the average at day 56; across their last 6 reports it ranged 29–56 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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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?
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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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