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How long does Qinetiq Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 03796233 · Professional & technical services · 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
25 Jun 1999
Registered office
CODY TECHNOLOGY PARK, FARNBOROUGH, GU14 0LX
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30–60 days. Reported average: 28.

Stated terms30–60d
-2 days
Reported avg28d

At a glance

The key figures

30–60d
their stated terms
14%
invoices paid outside terms
+6d
slower over the window
±2d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 58% of the 530 large companies reporting in professional & technical services.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d
22
28
28
28
25
28
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 79% 31–60 days 18% 61+ days 3%

The read · computed from their figures

Qinetiq Limited has filed 16 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 28 days against stated terms of 30–60 days.

The direction is slower: from 22 to 28 days over the window — about 6 days slower.

In the latest period 14% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 3% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

QinetiQ Ltd's standard payment term is 30 days from the receipt of a correctly submitted invoice. Correctly submitted infers the official QinetiQ Ltd Purchase Order number is quoted and that the invoice is received, in pdf format, by the QinetiQ Ltd Accounts Payable Dept at the email address referenced on the PO. A small set of suppliers have been retained on 60 days terms whilst ongoing reviews of their commercial arrangements are reviewed. This applies to the procurement of non-customer or indirect goods and services.

Dispute resolution

QinetiQ Ltd offers an invoice dispute resolution process, details of which are contained in our Standard Conditions of Goods and Services which can be located in the Supply Chain section of the office QinetiQ Ltd website.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20262814%3%1 Jun 2026
H2 2025257%1%3 Dec 2025
H1 20252815%2%20 May 2025
H2 2024289%2%4 Nov 2024
H1 2024287%2%1 May 2024
H2 2023227%2%3 Nov 2023
H1 2023247%2%27 Apr 2023
H2 2022248%2%2 Nov 2022
H1 2022247%2%5 May 2022
H2 2021238%2%10 Nov 2021
H1 2021236%2%20 Apr 2021
H2 20202511%4%29 Oct 2020
H1 20204023%9%30 Apr 2020
H2 20194721%5%1 Nov 2019
H1 20194314%7%29 Apr 2019
H2 2018449%4%22 Oct 2018

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 6 days slower over the window (22 → 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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