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How long does Rational UK Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 02576032 · Manufacturing · 15 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

11days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

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

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On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
23 Jan 1991
Registered office
TITAN COURT, LUTON, LU4 8EF
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 1–164 days. Reported average: 11.

Stated terms1–164d
+10 days
Reported avg11d

At a glance

The key figures

1–164d
their stated terms
4%
invoices paid outside terms
-6d
faster over the window
±1d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 99% of the 992 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 1d
17
12
12
11
11
11
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 96% 31–60 days 4% 61+ days 0%

The read · computed from their figures

Rational UK Limited has filed 15 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2019). Their latest report puts the average at 11 days against stated terms of 1–164 days.

The direction is faster: from 17 to 11 days over the window — about 6 days faster.

In the latest period 4% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 0% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

86% of invoices have a 14 day payment term

Dispute resolution

Any dispute is resolved locally between the company and the supplier on an individual basis, with the primary aim that disputes are settle quickly, and contractual obligations are met. The company has a strong discipline of reconciling supplier statements where available to the weekly payment run.

Other information

230 invoices were technically not paid to terms. 75 had no payment. The average time to pay on these "not paid to terms" invoices was 12 days

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2026114%0%8 Jul 2026
H2 2025114%0%19 Jan 2026
H1 2025114%1%9 Jul 2025
H2 2024123%1%15 Jan 2025
H1 2024126%1%10 Jul 2024
H2 20231712%5%11 Jan 2024
H1 2023135%2%10 Jul 2023
H2 2022124%1%17 Jan 2023
H1 2022113%0%6 Jul 2022
H2 2021124%3%13 Jan 2022
H1 2021106%0%8 Jul 2021
H2 20201221%1%14 Jan 2021
H1 20201568%2%21 Jul 2020
H2 20191370%2%21 Jul 2020
H1 20191276%1%21 Jul 2020

Working-capital effect

What a 11-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 11-day vs a 1-day payment cycle.

≈ £4,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 11-day cycle — about £3,900 more than the same account would carry at 1-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 6 days faster over the window (17 → 11 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 11, moving within about ±1 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).

Report PL-02576032 · latest period to 30 Jun 2026

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