Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Xaar PLC take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 03320972 · Manufacturing · 1 statutory report on record · period to 31 Dec 2025

54days

their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period

Well behindvs 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: Public Limited Company
Incorporated: 19 Feb 1997
Registered office: 3950 CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH PARK, CAMBRIDGE, CB25 9PE

1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Jun 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 7–120 days. Reported average: 54.

Stated terms7–120d

+47 days

Reported avg54d

At a glance

The key figures

7–120d

their stated terms

94%

invoices paid outside terms

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 67% of the 992 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 4% 31–60 days 53% 61+ days 43%

The read · computed from their figures

Xaar PLC has filed 1 statutory payment period (earliest H2 2025). Their latest report puts the average at 54 days against stated terms of 7–120 days.

In the latest period 94% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 43% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

4% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Xaar’s standard terms are 60 days following the end of the month. https://www.xaar.com/media/2346/xaar-terms-and-conditions-of-purchase-v7-oct20.pdf However there are agreements with many suppliers where the terms differ from Xaar’s standard terms, and are in most cases shorter.

Dispute resolution

Xaar is committed to building and maintaining strong relationships with our suppliers and seeks to resolve invoice queries/disputes with suppliers as quickly as possible. The majority of Xaar’s supplier relationships are covered by our standard terms and conditions. The dispute resolution process in these cases will be as stated below. Most invoices are issued against a Xaar purchase order. Queries for these invoices are passed by Accounts Payable to the Purchasing department, which is responsible for raising Purchase Orders with suppliers, for investigation and resolution. For any non-purchase order invoices, Accounts Payable will either raise queries with suppliers directly or will work in collaboration with the internal invoice owner in order to resolve with the supplier. Where th

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2025	54	94%	43%	27 Jan 2026

Working-capital effect

What a 54-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 54-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £21,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 54-day cycle — about £18,500 more than the same account would carry at 7-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

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 54. 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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