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How long does Edf Energy (Thermal Generation) Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 04267569 · Electricity & gas · 5 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Dec 2022

63days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Well behindvs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

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

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Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 31 Dec 2022 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
9 Aug 2001
Registered office
NOVA NORTH, LONDON, SW1E 5BY
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 60 days. Reported average: 63.

Stated terms60d
+3 days
Reported avg63d

At a glance

The key figures

60d
their stated terms
25%
invoices paid outside terms
-4d
faster over the window
±3d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 99% of the 161 large companies reporting in electricity & gas.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 5 statutory reports.

terms 60d
67
64
63
68
63
H2 2020H1 2021H2 2021H1 2022H2 2022

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 16% 31–60 days 64% 61+ days 20%

The read · computed from their figures

Edf Energy (Thermal Generation) Limited has filed 5 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2020). Their latest report puts the average at 63 days against stated terms of 60 days.

The direction is faster: from 67 to 63 days over the window — about 4 days faster.

In the latest period 25% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 20% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

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In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard payment terms are 60 days from receipt of invoice. 60 days is also the maximum contractual payment period. By negotiation or other exception some suppliers are paid on terms less than 60 days. EDF Energy operates a process of paying twice each, week with some invoices paid slightly early and some slightly late. For example a payment made on Thursday will have invoices for Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday included with Wednesday being “late” but Friday and Saturday “early”. Over the supplier base and over time this averages out to zero days late for cases where there is no problem with the invoice. Across the UK business as a whole we have between 5 – 10% late payment on this basis. There have been no changes to the standard payment terms during this reporting period.

Dispute resolution

Suppliers must contact the individual named on the purchase order. After that a resolution is achieved based on the relevant provisions set out in the contract.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H2 20226325%20%12 Jan 2023
H1 20226826%21%22 Jul 2022
H2 20216328%22%26 Jan 2022
H1 20216428%21%30 Jul 2021
H2 20206732%25%27 Jan 2021

Working-capital effect

What a 63-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 63-day vs a 60-day payment cycle.

≈ £25,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 63-day cycle — about £1,200 more than the same account would carry at 60-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 4 days faster over the window (67 → 63 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 63, moving within about ±3 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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