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How long does Abb Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 03780764 · Manufacturing · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

65days
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
1 Jun 1999
Registered office
DARESBURY PARK, WARRINGTON, WA4 4BT
3 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 0–120 days. Reported average: 65.

Stated terms0–120d
+65 days
Reported avg65d

At a glance

The key figures

0–120d
their stated terms
15%
invoices paid outside terms
±5d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 85% of the 992 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

The pattern

Holding steady

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

67
72
69
75
68
65
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 6% 31–60 days 36% 61+ days 58%

The read · computed from their figures

Abb Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 65 days against stated terms of 0–120 days.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±5 days period to period.

In the latest period 15% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 58% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

For 3rd Party suppliers, the global payment terms are 90 days end of month from date of invoice with payment by the 4th working day of the following month. These terms are applied to new suppliers, and to new contracts. The procurement teams based in the local business units can deviate from these standard terms based upon spend and size of supplier company. For intercompany suppliers, the standard terms are 60 days from date of invoice.

Dispute resolution

The business process for resolving disputes is managed by the local business Procurement teams, together with a central Accounts Payable Team. There is a 'no PO no Pay' policy in place throughout the organization

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20266515%58%28 Jul 2026
H2 20256811%63%28 Jan 2026
H1 20257529%74%23 Jul 2025
H2 20246918%73%27 Jan 2025
H1 20247224%76%23 Jul 2024
H2 20236713%71%25 Jan 2024
H1 20236968%73%26 Jul 2023
H2 20226770%69%24 Jan 2023
H1 20227265%74%28 Jul 2022
H2 20216951%69%28 Jan 2022
H1 20217168%71%29 Jul 2021
H2 20206967%66%29 Jan 2021
H1 20206862%65%16 Feb 2021
H2 20196569%64%31 Jan 2020
H1 20196570%54%23 Dec 2019
H2 20185952%57%23 Dec 2019
H1 20185559%49%23 Dec 2019

Working-capital effect

What a 65-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 65-day vs a 0-day payment cycle.

≈ £25,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 65-day cycle — about £25,600 more than the same account would carry at 0-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 ±5 days period to period, around 65 days.
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 65, moving within about ±5 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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