Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Bombardier Transportation (Rolling Stock) UK Ltd take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 02988520 · Extraterritorial bodies · 11 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Sept 2023

37days

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.

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 30 Sept 2023 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: 9 Nov 1994
Registered office: LITCHURCH LANE, DERBYSHIRE, DE24 8AD

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Dec 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30–60 days. Reported average: 37.

Stated terms30–60d

+7 days

Reported avg37d

At a glance

The key figures

30–60d

their stated terms

37%

invoices paid outside terms

+5d

slower over the window

±10d

variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 63% of large companies reporting.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d

H2 2020H1 2021H2 2021H2 2022H1 2023H2 2023

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 44% 31–60 days 46% 61+ days 10%

The read · computed from their figures

Bombardier Transportation (Rolling Stock) UK Ltd has filed 11 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 37 days against stated terms of 30–60 days.

The direction is slower: from 32 to 37 days over the window — about 5 days slower.

In the latest period 37% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 10% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing

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 transaction. Our general standard terms are 60 days from date of submission of satisfactory invoice.

Dispute resolution

The company is committed to dealing with its suppliers in a fair, honest and professional manner while seeking best vale for the business. Alstom seeks to satisfactorily resolve any queries as quickly as possible prior to the payment being made. In the event that a dispute cannot be resolved by our Accounts Payable team, it would be escalated in the first instance to the relevant Head of Department to seek a resolution. In the event that it is still not resolved, the dispute would be referred to the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR).

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2023	37	37%	10%	26 Oct 2023
H1 2023	29	44%	0%	25 Apr 2023
H2 2022	24	15%	6%	31 Jan 2023
H2 2021	17	8%	5%	31 Jan 2022
H1 2021	16	11%	10%	27 Jul 2021
H2 2020	32	24%	5%	29 Jan 2021
H1 2020	19	14%	11%	30 Jul 2020
H2 2019	43	47%	21%	27 Jan 2020
H1 2019	55	53%	39%	6 Aug 2019
H2 2018	40	45%	25%	29 Jan 2019
H1 2018	63	53%	41%	27 Jul 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 37-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 37-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £14,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 37-day cycle — about £2,800 more than the same account would carry at 30-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 5 days slower over the window (32 → 37 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 37, moving within about ±10 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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