Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Arriva Rail North Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 04337712 · Transport & storage · 10 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2023

116days

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.

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 31 Mar 2023 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: 11 Dec 2001
Registered office: C/O ARRIVA PLC 1 ADMIRAL WAY, PARK, SUNDERLAND, SR3 3XP

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 0–61 days. Reported average: 116.

Stated terms0–61d

+116 days

Reported avg116d

At a glance

The key figures

0–61d

their stated terms

77%

invoices paid outside terms

+65d

slower over the window

±31d

variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 100% of the 248 large companies reporting in transport & storage.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

150

177

147

116

H2 2020H1 2021H2 2021H1 2022H2 2022H1 2023

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 18% 31–60 days 43% 61+ days 39%

The read · computed from their figures

Arriva Rail North Limited has filed 10 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 116 days against stated terms of 0–61 days.

The direction is slower: from 51 to 116 days over the window — about 65 days slower.

In the latest period 77% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 39% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

It is the company’s policy to agree appropriate terms of payment with suppliers for each transaction or series of transactions, and to abide by those terms based on the timely submission of valid invoices. The company’s standard payment terms is end of month following from date of a correctly submitted invoice, however, on some occasions variations to these standard payment terms may be agreed via contractual negotiations or as a variation request and approval process.

Dispute resolution

The company seeks to deal with suppliers of all sizes in a fair and reasonable manner. The operating company seek to respond and address supplier queries as quickly as possible in relation to invoicing or payment. In the event that a dispute cannot be resolved by the central Accounts Payable team, it would escalate in the first instance to Senior Management or our Procurement team for resolution. Contracts will look to define a dispute resolution process as far as possible.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2023	116	77%	39%	27 Apr 2023
H2 2022	147	77%	44%	26 Oct 2022
H1 2022	177	92%	73%	29 Apr 2022
H2 2021	150	97%	58%	27 Oct 2021
H1 2021	65	97%	42%	29 Apr 2021
H2 2020	51	91%	21%	20 Oct 2020
H1 2020	30	27%	1%	20 Apr 2020
H2 2019	29	30%	1%	28 Oct 2019
H1 2019	26	31%	1%	29 Apr 2019
H2 2018	29	27%	1%	29 Oct 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 116-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 116-day vs a 0-day payment cycle.

≈ £45,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 116-day cycle — about £45,700 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 has moved about 65 days slower over the window (51 → 116 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 116, moving within about ±31 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 6,185 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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