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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

The Carbon Trust pays suppliers in 15 days on average — inside its 30-day stated terms

CRN 04190230 · Professional & technical services · 7 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Sept 2026

15daysavg time to pay · H2 2026

Their H2 2026 filing puts the average 15 days inside their stated 30-day term.

Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
30 days
Paid outside agreed terms
5% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
1%
Reporting period
1 Apr 2026 – 30 Sept 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 2 Oct 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H2 2026 filing

Paid 15 days inside the 30-day term they state

The pattern · last 6 of 7 reports

18 → 15 days — getting faster

The read · computed from their figures

The Carbon Trust's H2 2026 filing puts their average at 15 days against stated terms of 30 days; 5% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 1% took 61 days or longer. Filed 2 Oct 2026.

The direction is faster: from 18 days in H1 2024 to 15 now — 3 days faster across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Faster than 89% of the 510 large companies reporting in professional & technical services.

That is 7 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2023) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

Payment code: Yes, this business has signed up to: PPC for our government contracts Offers e-invoicing

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard 30 days

Dispute resolution

The accounts payable team will receive an email with a complaint or concern from the supplier. The details will be fact checked and the information reviewed to see why the supplier has not been paid. This is often due to suppliers not having a valid invoice due to lack of PO etc. The accounts payable team will work to rectify the issue as quickly as possible and pay the supplier as soon as possible.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H2 2026155%1%2 Oct 2026
H1 2026177%2%7 Apr 2026
H2 2025167%2%2 Oct 2025
H1 20251613%3%23 Jun 2025
H2 2024187%1%30 Oct 2024
H1 20241810%4%24 Apr 2024
H2 2023178%1%24 Apr 2024

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Incorporated
29 Mar 2001
Registered office
LEVEL 5, ARBOR, LONDON, SE1 9AX
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Dec 2027

Open the full record at Companies House.

Quick answers · The Carbon Trust

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 3 days faster over the window (18 → 15 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report puts the average at day 15; across their last 6 reports it ranged 15–18 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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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