Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Hewlett-packard CDS Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 03032971 · Information & communication · 4 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Oct 2019

48days

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 31 Oct 2019 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: 14 Mar 1995
Registered office: GROUND FLOOR, WINNERSH TRIANGLE, RG41 5TP

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Jul 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 0–65 days. Reported average: 48.

Stated terms0–65d

+48 days

Reported avg48d

At a glance

The key figures

0–65d

their stated terms

11%

invoices paid outside terms

+4d

slower over the window

±5d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 90% of the 475 large companies reporting in information & communication.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 4 statutory reports.

H1 2018H2 2018H1 2019H2 2019

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 21% 31–60 days 52% 61+ days 27%

The read · computed from their figures

Hewlett-packard CDS Limited has filed 4 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 48 days against stated terms of 0–65 days.

The direction is slower: from 44 to 48 days over the window — about 4 days slower.

In the latest period 11% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 27% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Payment code: Pay terms contracts between Buyer & Vendor Offers e-invoicing Offers supply-chain finance

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

The most commonly used payment term for external (not HPE) suppliers is AP45 payment term - it means that the invoice should be paid not later than 45 days after end of the accumulation period. The accumulation period is 30 days starting 16th of calendar month, ending 15th of the following month. All invoices for Products and/or Services received by HPE entities will be aged based on the date a valid invoice is received. Payment terms differs for the suppliers from 0 days from invoice date up to 65 days after end of accumulation period.

Dispute resolution

In the event of the dispute between HPE and the supplier a compliant can be raised to the HPE CRC team by external platform by the suppliers and internal platform by HPE employees. This department will verify the compliant and resolve it. If the dispute is not resolved both parties can escalate it to senior representative, then if the settlement can not be met the matter can be referred externally.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2019	48	11%	27%	2 Dec 2019
H1 2019	50	4%	29%	2 Dec 2019
H2 2018	53	4%	39%	2 Dec 2019
H1 2018	44	4%	19%	31 May 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 48-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 48-day vs a 0-day payment cycle.

≈ £19,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 48-day cycle — about £18,900 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 4 days slower over the window (44 → 48 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 48, moving within about ±5 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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