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How long does Orange Business UK Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 02635954 · Administrative & support services · 13 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2024

362days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Well behindvs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

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

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Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 30 Jun 2024 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
8 Aug 1991
Registered office
4TH FLOOR, THE PORTER BUILDING, SLOUGH, SL1 1FQ
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 0 days. Reported average: 362.

Stated terms0d
+362 days
Reported avg362d

At a glance

The key figures

0d
their stated terms
50%
invoices paid outside terms
+362d
slower over the window
±181d
variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 100% of the 608 large companies reporting in administrative & support services.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

0
0
0
1
0
362
H2 2021H1 2022H2 2022H1 2023H2 2023H1 2024

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 50% 31–60 days 25% 61+ days 25%

The read · computed from their figures

Orange Business UK Limited has filed 13 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 362 days against stated terms of 0 days.

The direction is slower: from 0 to 362 days over the window — about 362 days slower.

In the latest period 50% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 25% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard Purchasing Agreement Payment Terms: "Any undisputed amount due to Supplier by Purchaser under any Order placed under this Agreement shall be paid within sixty (60) Business Days (or the maximum period permitted by applicable law, if shorter) from date of the corresponding invoice."

Dispute resolution

Standard Purchasing Agreement Payment Dispute Terms: If Purchaser, in good faith, disputes any Charge, invoice or amount due under this Agreement (the “Disputed Amount”), Purchaser shall notify Supplier of such dispute. Purchaser may withhold any Disputed Amount in good faith and Purchaser shall not be deemed to be in breach of its payment obligations under this Agreement (withheld payment shall not be subject to late charges). The Parties will discuss the dispute in order to solve the issue. In the event the dispute is not solved within sixty (60) Business Days at the operational level between the relevant Parties, then the matter shall be escalated to the senior management (i.e. Vice President or equivalent) within each Party’s organization for resolution. If the dispute is still not so

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 202436250%25%22 Jul 2024
H2 202300%0%29 Jan 2024
H1 2023113%12%31 Jul 2023
H2 2022011%11%23 Jun 2023
H1 2022013%0%31 Jan 2023
H2 202100%0%20 Jan 2022
H1 20212917%17%29 Jul 2021
H2 20202122%11%28 Jan 2021
H1 2020150%0%23 Jul 2020
H2 2019100%0%23 Jan 2020
H1 20191921%0%24 Jul 2019
H2 20181222%0%29 Jan 2019
H1 20181014%0%30 Jul 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 362-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 362-day vs a 0-day payment cycle.

≈ £142,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 362-day cycle — about £142,700 more than the same account would carry at 0-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 362 days slower over the window (0 → 362 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 362, moving within about ±181 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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