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How long does Auto Trader Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 03909628 · Information & communication · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2026

35days
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
19 Jan 2000
Registered office
NO.3 CIRCLE SQUARE, MANCHESTER, M1 7BL
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 0–60 days. Reported average: 35.

Stated terms0–60d
+35 days
Reported avg35d

At a glance

The key figures

0–60d
their stated terms
3%
invoices paid outside terms
±1d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 72% of the 475 large companies reporting in information & communication.

The pattern

Holding steady

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

35
36
36
36
36
35
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 20% 31–60 days 80% 61+ days 0%

The read · computed from their figures

Auto Trader Limited has filed 16 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 35 days against stated terms of 0–60 days.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±1 days period to period.

In the latest period 3% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 0% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

34% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Autotrader agrees appropriate terms of payment with each supplier, with 30 days the most commonly used term of payment for the reporting period. Payment is made on the payment run prior to the invoice due date.

Dispute resolution

Autotrader endeavours to resolve all disputes in a fair and timely manner. Payment date queries will be resolved directly by our Core Services Team who can be contacted at [email protected] (tel. 0330 303 9012). Contractual disputes are typically resolved via discussion and agreement between the supplier and the Autotrader representative dealing with the particular purchase. Once the issue is resolved, the invoice will be available for payment on the next standard payment run.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2026353%0%27 Apr 2026
H2 2025363%0%29 Oct 2025
H1 2025362%0%23 Apr 2025
H2 2024362%0%28 Oct 2024
H1 2024361%0%24 Apr 2024
H2 2023352%0%26 Oct 2023
H1 2023352%0%28 Apr 2023
H2 2022361%0%26 Oct 2022
H1 2022364%0%29 Apr 2022
H2 2021374%0%25 Oct 2021
H1 2021364%0%30 Apr 2021
H2 2020366%1%23 Oct 2020
H1 20203316%1%28 Apr 2020
H2 20193520%1%29 Oct 2019
H1 20193425%1%25 Apr 2019
H2 20183538%1%29 Oct 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 35-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 35-day vs a 0-day payment cycle.

≈ £14,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 35-day cycle — about £13,800 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 ±1 days period to period, around 35 days.
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 35, moving within about ±1 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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