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How long does Wabtec Rail Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 02923485 · Manufacturing · 13 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

56days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Slower 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
27 Apr 1994
Registered office
DONCASTER WORKS, DONCASTER, DN4 0BF
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 1–120 days. Reported average: 56.

Stated terms1–120d
+55 days
Reported avg56d

At a glance

The key figures

1–120d
their stated terms
38%
invoices paid outside terms
-3d
faster over the window
±3d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 71% of the 992 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 1d
59
58
59
61
60
56
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 14% 31–60 days 51% 61+ days 35%

The read · computed from their figures

Wabtec Rail Limited has filed 13 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2020). Their latest report puts the average at 56 days against stated terms of 1–120 days.

The direction is faster: from 59 to 56 days over the window — about 3 days faster.

In the latest period 38% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 35% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

It is the Company policy to agree appropriate terms of payment with suppliers for each transaction or series of transactions. Our general standard terms are 65 days following the month in which a satisfactory invoice is submitted.

Dispute resolution

The Company is committed to dealing with its suppliers in a fair, honest and professional manner while seeking best value for the business. We seek to resolve queries as quickly as possible to everyone’s satisfaction prior to payment being made. In the event that a dispute cannot be resolved by our Accounts Payable team, Wabtec UK Limited follows an established escalation process with Finance / Procurement leads who work to resolve any outstanding dispute.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20265638%35%5 Aug 2026
H2 20256042%36%9 Feb 2026
H1 2025610%42%2 Sept 2025
H2 20245947%40%29 Jan 2025
H1 20245857%39%9 Aug 2024
H2 20235954%43%1 Feb 2024
H1 20236661%49%26 Jul 2023
H2 20226768%49%31 Jan 2023
H1 20226263%44%1 Aug 2022
H2 20216957%52%24 Jan 2022
H1 20216762%52%26 Jul 2021
H2 20206733%36%28 Jan 2021
H1 20206457%48%30 Jul 2020

Working-capital effect

What a 56-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 56-day vs a 1-day payment cycle.

≈ £22,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 56-day cycle — about £21,700 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 3 days faster over the window (59 → 56 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 56, moving within about ±3 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
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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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