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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

DHL Global Forwarding (UK) Limited pays suppliers in 21 days on average — inside its 99-day stated terms

CRN 04056042 · Transport & storage · 6 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

21daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 78 days inside their stated 99-day term.

Slower than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
99 days
Paid outside agreed terms
51% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
6%
Reporting period
1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 30 Aug 2026

Self-reported figures from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid 78 days inside the 99-day term they state

The pattern · last 6 of 6 reports

53 → 21 days — getting faster

The read · computed from their figures

DHL Global Forwarding (UK) Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 21 days against stated terms of 99 days; 51% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 6% took 61 days or longer. Filed 30 Aug 2026.

The direction is faster: from 53 days in H1 2018 to 21 now — 32 days faster across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Faster than 87% of the 245 large companies reporting in transport & storage.

That is 6 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

DHL Global Forwarding (UK) Limited is part of the DHL group of companies in the UK. DHL Purchase Order Terms and Conditions sets out that subject to satisfactory receipt and acceptance of the Goods and/or Services, invoices shall become due for payment sixty (60) days after the receipt of a correct invoice by DHL (unless applicable law requires a shorter payment period). Payment shall be made in the currency as stated in the Purchase Order.

Dispute resolution

Invoices should be emailed to correct address. We utilize a document scanning system which can only read a single .pdf invoice in each file. Although multiple .pdf invoice files per email are acceptable, the inclusion of any other document or file type will cause a delay in the invoice being processed. Invoices must include a job reference, purchase order number or be clearly marked with the DHL contact name to ensure invoices can be processed promptly. DHL Global Forwarding (UK) Limited follows the DHL Group dispute resolution process as outlined in the Group's Supplier Terms & Conditions, available at: https://group.dhl.com/en/about-us/supplier-portal/purchase-order-terms-and-conditions.html Supplier disputes are handled in accordance with these procedures unless alternative dispu

Other information

Variations to the standard payment terms can only be approved by a director.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20262151%6%30 Aug 2026
H2 20252453%6%30 Aug 2026
H1 20252453%6%30 Aug 2026
H2 20242657%7%30 Aug 2026
H1 20242863%9%30 Aug 2026
H1 20185323%23%31 Jul 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
15 Aug 2000
Registered office
2 PINE TREES, FIRST FLOOR, STAINES-UPON-THAMES, TW18 3HR
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2026 — overdue

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Quick answers · DHL Global Forwarding (UK) Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 32 days faster over the window (53 → 21 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report puts the average at day 21; across their last 6 reports it ranged 21–53 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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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