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How long does Ciena Limited take to pay its suppliers?

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

60days
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.

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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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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 60 days. Reported average: 60.

Stated terms60d
on terms
Reported avg60d

At a glance

The key figures

60d
their stated terms
63%
invoices paid outside terms
+5d
slower over the window
±4d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 95% of the 475 large companies reporting in information & communication.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 60d
55
54
52
57
56
60
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 9% 31–60 days 57% 61+ days 34%

The read · computed from their figures

Ciena Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 60 days against stated terms of 60 days.

The direction is slower: from 55 to 60 days over the window — about 5 days slower.

In the latest period 63% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 34% landed 61+ days out.

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.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20266063%34%18 Jun 2026
H2 20255662%31%26 Nov 2025
H1 20255766%27%1 Jun 2025
H2 20245267%18%19 Dec 2024
H1 20245478%20%22 May 2024
H2 20235558%18%23 Nov 2023
H1 20235669%18%22 May 2023
H2 20225759%17%17 Nov 2022
H1 20225459%15%18 May 2022
H2 20215356%19%6 Dec 2021
H1 20215867%19%20 May 2021
H2 20205971%20%15 Dec 2020
H1 20205862%19%12 Oct 2020
H2 20195564%21%8 Sept 2020
H1 20195668%15%8 Sept 2020
H2 20185469%15%8 Sept 2020
H1 20185474%11%8 Sept 2020

Quick answers

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 reports average around day 60, moving within about ±4 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
Can I see what this means for my invoices?
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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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