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How long does Lonza Biologics PLC take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 02742471 · Other services · 15 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

70days
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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On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Public Limited Company
Incorporated
25 Aug 1992
Registered office
228 BATH ROAD, BERKSHIRE, SL1 4DX
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Jun 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 0–90 days. Reported average: 70.

Stated terms0–90d
+70 days
Reported avg70d

At a glance

The key figures

0–90d
their stated terms
74%
invoices paid outside terms
+25d
slower over the window
±7d
variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 94% of the 118 large companies reporting in other services.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

45
64
56
59
58
70
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 9% 31–60 days 33% 61+ days 58%

The read · computed from their figures

Lonza Biologics PLC has filed 15 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2019). Their latest report puts the average at 70 days against stated terms of 0–90 days.

The direction is slower: from 45 to 70 days over the window — about 25 days slower.

In the latest period 74% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 58% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

There are no standard published payment terms for Lonza Biologics PLC, but most contracts are agreed with terms that allow for payment within 31-60 days

Dispute resolution

Invoices which are incorrectly issued, or are issued in opposition to the previous contract agreements or arrangements are rejected by email to the vendor's correspondence address held within Lonza's systems; with accompanying instructions on what should be corrected for the invoice to be accepted.    Lonza Biologics also operates a PO policy, where invoices without a Lonza PO are rejected unless specifically agreed in the contract with the vendor.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20267074%58%16 Jul 2026
H2 20255818%18%27 Jan 2026
H1 20255913%13%30 Jul 2025
H2 20245612%10%28 Jan 2025
H1 20246417%13%23 Jul 2024
H2 20234514%4%9 Jan 2024
H1 20236025%17%1 Aug 2023
H2 20227033%32%31 Jan 2023
H1 2022574%29%1 Aug 2022
H2 2021565%26%31 Jan 2022
H1 2021514%27%30 Jul 2021
H2 2020556%27%21 Feb 2021
H1 20205925%28%31 Jul 2020
H2 20194831%16%4 Feb 2020
H1 20195331%16%3 Sept 2019

Working-capital effect

What a 70-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 70-day vs a 0-day payment cycle.

≈ £27,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 70-day cycle — about £27,600 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 25 days slower over the window (45 → 70 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 70, 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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