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How long does Abellio London Ltd take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 03786162 · Transport & storage · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2026

28days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Faster than mostvs 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 Jun 1999
Registered office
301 CAMBERWELL NEW ROAD, LONDON, SE5 0TF
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 0–61 days. Reported average: 28.

Stated terms0–61d
+28 days
Reported avg28d

At a glance

The key figures

0–61d
their stated terms
23%
invoices paid outside terms
+8d
slower over the window
±2d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 72% of the 248 large companies reporting in transport & storage.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

20
22
28
24
24
28
H1 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 79% 31–60 days 16% 61+ days 5%

The read · computed from their figures

Abellio London Ltd has filed 16 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 28 days against stated terms of 0–61 days.

The direction is slower: from 20 to 28 days over the window — about 8 days slower.

In the latest period 23% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 5% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

payment terms specified by supplier

Dispute resolution

Purchase Order Processed Invoices - Limited number of disputes arise for suppliers processed on this basis as amounts are pre agreed prior to any commitment being made. Any actual cost variances to the agreed amounts are assessed by the business approver and raised with the supplier directly. For other supplier invoices any issues will arise on the approval of payment of the invoice by the business. Resolution is therefore handled by the ordering manager and the supplier. Where an agreement cannot be reached in both of the above cases, this is escalated through the relevant business departments and management team(including Finance) to resolve.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20262823%5%28 Apr 2026
H2 20252415%2%29 Oct 2025
H1 20252421%3%30 Apr 2025
H2 20242820%3%22 Oct 2024
H1 20242218%4%30 Apr 2024
H1 20232017%2%28 Jul 2023
H2 20221914%3%30 Jan 2023
H1 20222012%3%25 Jul 2022
H2 20212114%4%26 Jan 2022
H1 20212721%6%27 Jul 2021
H2 20202510%5%28 Jan 2021
H1 20202322%5%28 Jul 2020
H2 20192218%4%30 Jan 2020
H1 20192217%3%30 Jul 2019
H2 20182116%3%30 Jan 2019
H1 20182630%6%29 Jul 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 28-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 28-day vs a 0-day payment cycle.

≈ £11,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 28-day cycle — about £11,000 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 has moved about 8 days slower over the window (20 → 28 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 28, 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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