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How long does Northern Trains Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 03076444 · Transport & storage · 12 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2026

46days
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
30 Jun 1995
Registered office
GEORGE STEPHENSON HOUSE, YORK, YO1 6JT
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30–61 days. Reported average: 46.

Stated terms30–61d
+16 days
Reported avg46d

At a glance

The key figures

30–61d
their stated terms
15%
invoices paid outside terms
+4d
slower over the window
±3d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 80% of the 248 large companies reporting in transport & storage.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d
42
42
42
41
44
46
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 32% 31–60 days 58% 61+ days 10%

The read · computed from their figures

Northern Trains Limited has filed 12 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2020). Their latest report puts the average at 46 days against stated terms of 30–61 days.

The direction is slower: from 42 to 46 days over the window — about 4 days slower.

In the latest period 15% 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's policy to agree appropriate terms of payment with suppliers for each transaction or series of transactions, and to abide by those terms based on the timely submission of valid invoices. The company's standards payment terms is end of month following from date of a correctly submitting invoice, however, on some occasions variations to these standard payment terms may be agreed via contractual negotiations or as a variation request and approval process.

Dispute resolution

The company seeks to deal with suppliers of all sizes in a fair and reasonable manner. The operating company seek to respond and address supplier queries as quickly as possible in relation to invoicing or payment. In the event that a dispute cannot be resolved by the central Accounts Payable team it would be escalated in the first instance to Senior Management or the Procurement team for resolution. Contracts will look to define a dispute resolution process as far as possible.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20264615%10%24 Apr 2026
H2 20254412%5%29 Oct 2025
H1 20254115%5%30 Apr 2025
H2 20244210%5%30 Oct 2024
H1 20244213%6%30 Apr 2024
H2 20234224%8%30 Oct 2023
H1 20235826%15%28 Apr 2023
H2 20225534%17%31 Oct 2022
H1 20225333%11%3 May 2022
H2 20214928%11%30 Oct 2021
H1 20212836%2%13 May 2021
H2 20202440%2%23 Oct 2020

Working-capital effect

What a 46-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 46-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £18,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 46-day cycle — about £6,300 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 4 days slower over the window (42 → 46 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 46, moving within about ±3 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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