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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Babcock Flagship Limited pays suppliers in 27 days on average — within its stated 7–60 day terms

CRN 03086376 · Public administration · 15 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Sept 2025

27daysavg time to pay · H2 2025

Their H2 2025 filing puts the average 20 days past the shortest term they state (7 days), still within their 60-day upper term.

Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
7–60 days
Paid outside agreed terms
22% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
1%
Reporting period
1 Apr 2025 – 30 Sept 2025
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 30 Oct 2025

Self-reported figures from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.

Terms vs reality · their H2 2025 filing

Paid within their stated range — 27 against 7–60 days

The pattern · last 6 of 15 reports

20 → 27 days — slowing down

The read · computed from their figures

Babcock Flagship Limited's H2 2025 filing puts their average at 27 days against stated terms of 7–60 days; 22% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 1% took 61 days or longer. Filed 30 Oct 2025.

The direction is slower: from 20 days in H1 2023 to 27 now — 7 days slower across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Faster than 63% of large companies reporting.

That is 15 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard payment terms are generally in the range of 30 to 60 days. Small and micro suppliers are on 30-day terms.

Dispute resolution

Relationships with our suppliers are important to us and we rely on our suppliers to deliver high quality goods and services to meet the needs of our customers. Our purchase contracts specify dispute escalation processes. We commit to treating suppliers fairly and intend to resolve any identified disputes as quickly as possible. Point of contact details are provided on purchase orders.

Other information

Small supplier (49 or less employees) 76% paid within 30 days

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H2 20252722%1%30 Oct 2025
H1 20252418%0%29 Apr 2025
H2 20242026%0%28 Oct 2024
H1 20242022%0%26 Apr 2024
H2 20232312%1%26 Oct 2023
H1 20232011%1%25 Apr 2023
H2 20222416%1%27 Oct 2022
H1 20222416%0%29 Apr 2022
H2 20212624%2%29 Oct 2021
H1 20212427%2%30 Apr 2021
H2 20202121%2%27 Oct 2020
H1 20202126%0%30 Apr 2020
H2 20192022%3%29 Oct 2019
H1 20192537%5%30 Apr 2019
H2 20182337%2%30 Oct 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
1 Aug 1995
Registered office
33 WIGMORE STREET, LONDON, W1U 1QX
2 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 27-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 27-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £10,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 27-day cycle — about £7,900 more than the same account would carry at 7-day terms.

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.

Quick answers · Babcock Flagship Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 7 days slower over the window (20 → 27 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report puts the average at day 27; across their last 6 reports it ranged 20–27 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
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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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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