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How long does Airbus Operations Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 03468788 · Manufacturing · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

69days
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
20 Nov 1997
Registered office
PEGASUS HOUSE AEROSPACE AVENUE, BRISTOL, BS34 7PA
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 11–115 days. Reported average: 69.

Stated terms11–115d
+58 days
Reported avg69d

At a glance

The key figures

11–115d
their stated terms
8%
invoices paid outside terms
±2d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 89% of the 992 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

The pattern

Holding steady

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 11d
68
66
66
66
70
69
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 3% 31–60 days 36% 61+ days 61%

The read · computed from their figures

Airbus Operations Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 69 days against stated terms of 11–115 days.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±2 days period to period.

In the latest period 8% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 61% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing Offers supply-chain finance 11% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

60 End of Month + 10 days. For SMEs using electronic invoicing, a standard payment term of '0 End of Month + 25 days' is applied.

Dispute resolution

Payment disputes are dealt with in accordance with the terms of the relevant contract; suppliers should contact their nominated Airbus representative. Airbus' preferred method of dispute is amicable resolution followed by ICC arbitration. Airbus also uses mediation and national courts where appropriate.

Other information

Should the payment day be a Saturday, Sunday or Bank Holiday then the payment shall be made the following business day.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2026698%61%16 Jul 2026
H2 2025705%66%16 Jan 2026
H1 2025668%58%4 Aug 2025
H2 2024667%54%17 Jan 2025
H1 2024667%58%22 Jul 2024
H2 2023687%63%16 Jan 2024
H1 2023687%61%14 Jul 2023
H2 2022686%59%18 Jan 2023
H1 2022706%64%11 Jan 2023
H2 2021697%63%17 Jan 2022
H1 20216612%58%13 Jul 2021
H2 20206911%49%13 Jan 2021
H1 2020699%63%16 Jul 2020
H2 20196710%57%17 Jan 2020
H1 20196817%58%12 Jul 2019
H2 20186517%58%10 Jan 2019
H1 20186218%53%30 Jul 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 69-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 69-day vs a 11-day payment cycle.

≈ £27,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 69-day cycle — about £22,900 more than the same account would carry at 11-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 is steady — within about ±2 days period to period, around 69 days.
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 69, moving within about ±2 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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