Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk
Northern Trains Limited pays suppliers in 46 days on average — within its stated 30–61 day terms
Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 16 days past the shortest term they state (30 days), still within their 61-day upper term.
- Their stated terms
- 30–61 days
- Paid outside agreed terms
- 15% of invoices
- Paid after 61+ days
- 10%
- Reporting period
- 1 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
- Source
- their gov.uk filing, filed 24 Apr 2026
Self-reported figures from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.
Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing
Paid within their stated range — 46 against 30–61 days
Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices
The pattern · last 6 of 12 reports
42 → 46 days — slowing down
The read · computed from their figures
Northern Trains Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 46 days against stated terms of 30–61 days; 15% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 10% took 61 days or longer. Filed 24 Apr 2026.
The direction is slower: from 42 days in H2 2023 to 46 now — 4 days slower across their last 6 reports.
On the latest reported averages: Slower than 80% of the 245 large companies reporting in transport & storage.
That is 12 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2020) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.
What they tell their suppliers
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.
| Period | Avg days | Outside terms | 61+ days | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H1 2026 | 46 | 15% | 10% | 24 Apr 2026 |
| H2 2025 | 44 | 12% | 5% | 29 Oct 2025 |
| H1 2025 | 41 | 15% | 5% | 30 Apr 2025 |
| H2 2024 | 42 | 10% | 5% | 30 Oct 2024 |
| H1 2024 | 42 | 13% | 6% | 30 Apr 2024 |
| H2 2023 | 42 | 24% | 8% | 30 Oct 2023 |
| H1 2023 | 58 | 26% | 15% | 28 Apr 2023 |
| H2 2022 | 55 | 34% | 17% | 31 Oct 2022 |
| H1 2022 | 53 | 33% | 11% | 3 May 2022 |
| H2 2021 | 49 | 28% | 11% | 30 Oct 2021 |
| H1 2021 | 28 | 36% | 2% | 13 May 2021 |
| H2 2020 | 24 | 40% | 2% | 23 Oct 2020 |
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
Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic
What a 46-day cycle ties up
A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 46-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.
Late Payment Act. The Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 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.
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