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How long does Enquest Britain Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 03628497 · Mining & quarrying · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

31days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Around averagevs 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
8 Sept 1998
Registered office
CHARLES HOUSE, 2ND FLOOR, LONDON, SW1Y 4LR
1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30 days. Reported average: 31.

Stated terms30d
+1 days
Reported avg31d

At a glance

The key figures

30d
their stated terms
2%
invoices paid outside terms
+5d
slower over the window
±2d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 56% of the 100 large companies reporting in mining & quarrying.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d
26
26
27
28
29
31
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 72% 31–60 days 21% 61+ days 7%

The read · computed from their figures

Enquest Britain Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 31 days against stated terms of 30 days.

The direction is slower: from 26 to 31 days over the window — about 5 days slower.

In the latest period 2% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 7% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing 5% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

30 Days. Subject to EnQuest approval process, payment will be effected in the currency stated in the invoice within thirty (30) days from the date of receipt of a valid invoice

Dispute resolution

For disputes, suppliers could contact the contracts representative and escalate it to the Supply Chain Manager and Managing Director respectively, if not resolved in the first instance. If still unresolved even after escalation, which is very unlikely, they may choose to take it to court.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2026312%7%29 Jul 2026
H2 20252911%3%28 Jan 2026
H1 2025280%2%30 Jul 2025
H2 2024277%1%29 Jan 2025
H1 2024264%1%29 Jul 2024
H2 2023267%0%29 Jan 2024
H1 20232713%1%1 Aug 2023
H2 2022279%8%12 Jun 2023
H1 20222817%1%28 Jul 2022
H2 20212715%1%31 Jan 2022
H1 20212816%3%29 Jul 2021
H2 2020276%4%27 Jan 2021
H1 20203014%3%30 Jul 2020
H2 20192913%2%29 Jan 2020
H1 20193020%3%30 Jul 2019
H2 20182917%2%25 Jan 2019
H1 20182811%2%27 Jul 2018

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 5 days slower over the window (26 → 31 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 31, moving within about ±2 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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