Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Patheon UK Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 03764421 · Manufacturing · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

49days

their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period

Slower than mostvs 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: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 29 Apr 1999
Registered office: KINGFISHER DRIVE, WILTSHIRE, SN3 5BZ

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 14–90 days. Reported average: 49.

Stated terms14–90d

+35 days

Reported avg49d

At a glance

The key figures

14–90d

their stated terms

43%

invoices paid outside terms

+7d

slower over the window

±3d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 57% of the 992 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 14d

H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 31% 31–60 days 48% 61+ days 21%

The read · computed from their figures

Patheon UK Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 49 days against stated terms of 14–90 days.

The direction is slower: from 42 to 49 days over the window — about 7 days slower.

In the latest period 43% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 21% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard contractual terms are 90 days. However the type of goods or services and vendor requirements are taken into consideration when negotiating contracts and the agreed terms are clearly indicated on the purchase order.

Dispute resolution

The company is committed to dealing with its suppliers in a fair, honest and professional manner. We seek to resolve queries as quickly as possible to the satisfaction of all parties prior to payment being made. In the event that a dispute cannot be resolved it is escalated internally and with the supplier to seek resolution.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	49	43%	21%	31 Jul 2026
H2 2025	47	44%	17%	30 Jan 2026
H1 2025	43	29%	16%	4 Aug 2025
H2 2024	43	33%	14%	29 Jan 2025
H1 2024	47	45%	18%	31 Jul 2024
H2 2023	42	43%	15%	31 Jan 2024
H1 2023	43	40%	12%	27 Jul 2023
H2 2022	44	42%	13%	25 Jan 2023
H1 2022	43	39%	14%	26 Jul 2022
H2 2021	44	56%	16%	27 Jan 2022
H1 2021	37	55%	8%	23 Jul 2021
H2 2020	42	39%	9%	29 Jan 2021
H1 2020	44	57%	15%	28 Jul 2020
H2 2019	39	72%	15%	28 Jan 2020
H1 2019	40	73%	13%	30 Jul 2019
H2 2018	35	80%	7%	29 Jan 2019
H1 2018	37	67%	12%	27 Jul 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 49-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 49-day vs a 14-day payment cycle.

≈ £19,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 49-day cycle — about £13,800 more than the same account would carry at 14-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 has moved about 7 days slower over the window (42 → 49 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 49, moving within about ±3 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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