Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Dnata Limited paid suppliers in 37 days on average — within its stated 7–45 day terms

CRN 03091040 · Transport & storage · 6 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2021

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 31 Mar 2021 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

37daysavg time to pay · H1 2021

Their H1 2021 filing put the average 30 days past the shortest term they state (7 days), still within their 45-day upper term.

Their stated terms: 7–45 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 54% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 13%
Reporting period: 1 Oct 2020 – 31 Mar 2021
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 29 Apr 2021

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2021 filing

Paid within their stated range — 37 against 7–45 days

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–50

avg 37d

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reported avg 37 days their filed terms 7–45 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 63% 31–60 days 24% 61+ days 13%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #44375, period 1 Oct 2020 – 31 Mar 2021, filed 29 Apr 2021 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Dnata Limited paid within its stated range, 30 days past the shortest term. 54% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 13% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2021 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 6 reports

Held steady around 37 days

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 6 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

Steady around 37 days. Their reported average has moved within about ±7 days period to period; the dashed line marks the 7-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Dnata Limited's H1 2021 filing put their average at 37 days against stated terms of 7–45 days; 54% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 13% took 61 days or longer. Filed 29 Apr 2021.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±7 days period to period.

That is 6 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

30 days from invoice date

Dispute resolution

For invoices in dispute the supplier can either call the dnata Ltd accounts payable team or use the accounts payable team central email address. The accounts payable team then contacts the approver of the invoice about the dispute to resolve the issue with the supplier.

Other information

Supplier would be notified in writing should any changes be made to the standard terms.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2021	37	54%	13%	29 Apr 2021
H2 2020	42	55%	17%	26 Oct 2020
H1 2020	28	27%	4%	28 Apr 2020
H2 2019	30	27%	8%	29 Oct 2019
H1 2019	35	51%	11%	1 May 2019
H2 2018	38	47%	10%	4 Dec 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 14 Aug 1995
Registered office: DAKOTA HOUSE POYLE ROAD, BERKSHIRE, SL3 0QX

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 37-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 37-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £14,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 37-day cycle — about £11,800 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 · Dnata Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average was steady — within about ±7 days period to period, around 37 days.

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports averaged around day 37, moving within about ±7 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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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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