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How long does Carlson Wagonlit UK Ltd take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 02928209 · Administrative & support services · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

19days
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
12 May 1994
Registered office
JJ MACK BUILDING, LONDON, EC1M 6HA
1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 0–30 days. Reported average: 19.

Stated terms0–30d
+19 days
Reported avg19d

At a glance

The key figures

0–30d
their stated terms
35%
invoices paid outside terms
+3d
slower over the window
±2d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 75% of the 608 large companies reporting in administrative & support services.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

16
16
16
16
16
19
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 98% 31–60 days 1% 61+ days 1%

The read · computed from their figures

Carlson Wagonlit UK Ltd has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 19 days against stated terms of 0–30 days.

The direction is slower: from 16 to 19 days over the window — about 3 days slower.

In the latest period 35% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 1% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Payment code: Prompt Payment Code

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

30 days

Dispute resolution

1) Send to Payables team lead in Genpact (outsourced company) ask them to investigate query 2) Genpact determines whether the invoice is in our systems and advises on the issue on payment. They, or the Payables manager in the UK would chase the appropriate team or people for resolution for payment to them to be made

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20261935%1%30 Jul 2026
H2 20251641%0%19 Feb 2026
H1 20251616%0%31 Jul 2025
H2 20241616%1%30 Jan 2025
H1 2024169%1%22 Jul 2024
H2 2023166%1%23 Jan 2024
H1 20232012%0%28 Jul 2023
H2 20221912%0%20 Jan 2023
H1 20222123%0%27 Jul 2022
H2 2021137%0%1 Feb 2022
H1 20211512%0%29 Jul 2021
H2 2020148%1%18 May 2021
H1 20201919%2%30 Jul 2020
H2 2019133%0%17 Feb 2020
H1 2019135%0%29 Jul 2019
H2 20182820%8%4 Feb 2019
H1 20181625%0%29 Oct 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 19-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 19-day vs a 0-day payment cycle.

≈ £7,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 19-day cycle — about £7,500 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 3 days slower over the window (16 → 19 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 19, 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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