Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does TRL Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 03142272 · Professional & technical services · 18 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

32days

their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period

Around averagevs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

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

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 29 Dec 1995
Registered office: UNIT 19, THE BUSINESS CENTRE, WOKINGHAM, RG41 2QY

7 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Mar 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 0–60 days. Reported average: 32.

Stated terms0–60d

+32 days

Reported avg32d

At a glance

The key figures

0–60d

their stated terms

27%

invoices paid outside terms

-20d

faster over the window

±9d

variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 53% of the 530 large companies reporting in professional & technical services.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 49% 31–60 days 47% 61+ days 4%

The read · computed from their figures

TRL Limited has filed 18 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2017). Their latest report puts the average at 32 days against stated terms of 0–60 days.

The direction is faster: from 52 to 32 days over the window — about 20 days faster.

In the latest period 27% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 4% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

The payment terms are assigned by the Business Operating units on a case by case basis. Payment terms on sub-contracts will generally follow the payment terms agreed in the original Heads of Terms agreement. Standard payment terms for other transactions are in general 30 days after the month end of receipt of invoice.

Dispute resolution

The dispute resolution process is as follows: 1) Accounts Payable will be notified of a dispute either from the supplier or the invoice approver. 2) If the Organisation disputes any prices or charges in an invoice, it shall notify the Supplier within 10 business days of receipt of the invoice. 3) The Supplier shall cancel the invoice and reissue an invoice for the disputed amount within 5 business days. 4) Invoice will be put on hold while dispute is being resolved between the invoice approver and the Supplier. 5) Both parties shall promptly investigate any disputed invoice and will act reasonably to seek to resolve the dispute. 6) Where required, the legal department will be consulted where an invoice is in dispute because the work was not delivered in

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	32	27%	4%	3 Aug 2026
H2 2025	34	32%	4%	30 Jan 2026
H1 2025	45	38%	23%	29 Jul 2025
H2 2024	49	59%	31%	29 Jan 2025
H1 2024	52	49%	37%	29 Jul 2024
H2 2023	52	45%	30%	30 Jan 2024
H1 2023	51	50%	25%	28 Jul 2023
H2 2022	37	44%	25%	30 Jan 2023
H1 2022	47	61%	25%	29 Jul 2022
H2 2021	42	42%	25%	28 Jan 2022
H1 2021	41	40%	25%	23 Jul 2021
H2 2020	48	49%	27%	28 Jan 2021
H1 2020	37	24%	10%	30 Jul 2020
H2 2019	35	29%	8%	29 Jan 2020
H1 2019	37	32%	8%	30 Jul 2019
H2 2018	35	30%	6%	30 Jan 2019
H1 2018	37	31%	5%	31 Jul 2018
H2 2017	41	38%	15%	21 Jun 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 32-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 32-day vs a 0-day payment cycle.

≈ £12,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 32-day cycle — about £12,600 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 20 days faster over the window (52 → 32 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 32, moving within about ±9 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 6,185 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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