Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

BHP Billiton International Services Limited paid suppliers in 44 days on average — inside its 60-day stated terms

CRN 03212440 · Professional & technical services · 3 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Dec 2018

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 31 Dec 2018 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

44daysavg time to pay · H2 2018

Their H2 2018 filing put the average 16 days inside their stated 60-day term.

Their stated terms: 60 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 22% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 3%
Reporting period: 1 Jul 2018 – 31 Dec 2018
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 30 Jan 2019

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

Terms vs reality · their H2 2018 filing

Paid 16 days inside the 60-day term they state

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–65

avg 44d

0 days65 days

reported avg 44 days their filed terms 60 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 45% 31–60 days 52% 61+ days 3%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #11812, period 1 Jul 2018 – 31 Dec 2018, filed 30 Jan 2019 · gov.uk payment-practices service

BHP Billiton International Services Limited paid 16 days inside its stated 60-day term. 22% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 3% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H2 2018 filing.

The pattern · last 3 of 3 reports

Held steady around 44 days

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 3 of 3 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

Steady around 44 days. Their reported average has moved within about ±3 days period to period; the dashed line marks the 60-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

BHP Billiton International Services Limited's H2 2018 filing put their average at 44 days against stated terms of 60 days; 22% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 3% took 61 days or longer. Filed 30 Jan 2019.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±3 days period to period.

That is 3 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2017) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

Payment code: Prompt Payment Code Offers e-invoicing

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

BHP’s standard terms provide that it will pay all invoices in the payment run that occurs immediately following the expiry of 60 days after the relevant Invoice is received or, in the case of a recipient created tax invoice, generated, and except where BHP is required by law to pay within a shorter time frame.

Dispute resolution

BHP seeks to advise suppliers promptly of any disputes or reasons why an invoice will not be paid in accordance with the agreed terms. Invoices that are subject to dispute will not be paid until resolution of the dispute. Once resolved, payment will be made in accordance with the terms of the contract. A dispute may be raised at any time by either party to the other party’s nominated dispute resolution representative and the parties will then seek to resolve the dispute within 20 business days (or as otherwise agreed).

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2018	44	22%	3%	30 Jan 2019
H1 2018	50	19%	5%	30 Jul 2018
H2 2017	46	14%	5%	29 Jan 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 14 Jun 1996
Registered office: NOVA SOUTH, 160, LONDON, SW1E 5LB

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Mar 2027

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Quick answers · BHP Billiton International Services Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average was steady — within about ±3 days period to period, around 44 days.

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports averaged around day 44, moving within about ±3 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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