Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

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

CRN 02815682 · Manufacturing · 18 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

23days

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.

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 6 May 1993
Registered office: SHOREHAM TECHNICAL CENTRE, SHOREHAM-BY-SEA, BN43 5FG

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Mar 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30 days. Reported average: 23.

Stated terms30d

-7 days

Reported avg23d

At a glance

The key figures

30d

their stated terms

60%

invoices paid outside terms

-13d

faster over the window

±2d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Faster than 95% of the 992 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d

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

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 70% 31–60 days 24% 61+ days 6%

The read · computed from their figures

Ricardo UK Limited has filed 18 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2017). Their latest report puts the average at 23 days against stated terms of 30 days.

The direction is faster: from 36 to 23 days over the window — about 13 days faster.

In the latest period 60% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 6% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

5% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Automotive & Industrial Within 60 days due net, although different payment terms are in place with certain suppliers.

Dispute resolution

Disputes over deliverables on a supplier contract are managed by our procurement team. Issues with the content and format of purchase invoices are managed by our finance team.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	23	60%	6%	30 Jul 2026
H2 2025	27	46%	8%	29 Jan 2026
H1 2025	24	59%	6%	29 Jul 2025
H2 2024	26	71%	7%	30 Jan 2025
H1 2024	23	70%	6%	30 Jul 2024
H2 2023	36	31%	11%	30 Jan 2024
H1 2023	36	33%	12%	27 Jul 2023
H2 2022	36	38%	12%	27 Jan 2023
H1 2022	37	47%	14%	29 Jul 2022
H2 2021	40	37%	15%	27 Jan 2022
H1 2021	42	36%	16%	30 Jul 2021
H2 2020	35	40%	10%	29 Jan 2021
H1 2020	41	37%	16%	30 Jul 2020
H2 2019	39	15%	16%	30 Jan 2020
H1 2019	35	18%	19%	19 Jul 2019
H2 2018	43	13%	15%	30 Jan 2019
H1 2018	35	11%	13%	30 Jul 2018
H2 2017	46	63%	20%	31 Jan 2018

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 13 days faster over the window (36 → 23 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 23, moving within about ±2 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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