Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Ciena Limited pays suppliers in 60 days on average — right on its stated terms

CRN 03330283 · Information & communication · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 2 May 2026

60daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average right on the 60-day term they state.

Well behindvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers

Their stated terms: 60 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 63% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 34%
Reporting period: 2 Nov 2025 – 2 May 2026
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 18 Jun 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid right on the 60-day term they state

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

avg 60d

0 days65 days

reported avg 60 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 9% 31–60 days 57% 61+ days 34%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #112380, period 2 Nov 2025 – 2 May 2026, filed 18 Jun 2026 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Ciena Limited pays right on the term it states. 63% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 34% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2026 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 17 reports

55 → 60 days — slowing down

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 17 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

5 days slower across the window. From 55 days in H2 2023 to 60 in the H1 2026 filing; the dashed line marks the 60-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Ciena Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 60 days against stated terms of 60 days; 63% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 34% took 61 days or longer. Filed 18 Jun 2026.

The direction is slower: from 55 days in H2 2023 to 60 now — 5 days slower across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 95% of the 476 large companies reporting in information & communication.

That is 17 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing 2% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Unless otherwise stated in the order, Ciena Limited shall pay the price of the goods and the services within our standard payment terms of 60 days.

Dispute resolution

Any dispute is resolved locally between company, Relationship Manager and the supplier on an individual basis with the primary aim that disputes are settled quickly, and contractual payment dates met.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	60	63%	34%	18 Jun 2026
H2 2025	56	62%	31%	26 Nov 2025
H1 2025	57	66%	27%	1 Jun 2025
H2 2024	52	67%	18%	19 Dec 2024
H1 2024	54	78%	20%	22 May 2024
H2 2023	55	58%	18%	23 Nov 2023
H1 2023	56	69%	18%	22 May 2023
H2 2022	57	59%	17%	17 Nov 2022
H1 2022	54	59%	15%	18 May 2022
H2 2021	53	56%	19%	6 Dec 2021
H1 2021	58	67%	19%	20 May 2021
H2 2020	59	71%	20%	15 Dec 2020
H1 2020	58	62%	19%	12 Oct 2020
H2 2019	55	64%	21%	8 Sept 2020
H1 2019	56	68%	15%	8 Sept 2020
H2 2018	54	69%	15%	8 Sept 2020
H1 2018	54	74%	11%	8 Sept 2020

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 10 Mar 1997
Registered office: 20 CURTAIN ROAD, FLOOR 11, LONDON, EC2A 3NG

2 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Oct 2026

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Quick answers · Ciena Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 5 days slower over the window (55 → 60 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report puts the average at day 60; across their last 6 reports it ranged 52–60 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.

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