Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Kia Motors (UK) Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 04415807 · Wholesale & retail trade · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

32days

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.

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 12 Apr 2002
Registered office: WALTON, WALTON-ON-THAMES, KT12 1FJ

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 7–60 days. Reported average: 32.

Stated terms7–60d

+25 days

Reported avg32d

At a glance

The key figures

7–60d

their stated terms

34%

invoices paid outside terms

±4d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Faster than 66% of the 819 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

The pattern

Holding steady

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 7d

H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 68% 31–60 days 21% 61+ days 11%

The read · computed from their figures

Kia Motors (UK) Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 32 days against stated terms of 7–60 days.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±4 days period to period.

In the latest period 34% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 11% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

2% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

The standard payment terms of Kia UK Limited are set out in our internal Purchasing Policy and are thirty days from date of invoice. If terms are shorter than detailed rationale will be required to support. There are some larger suppliers where payment terms are agreed at either forty five or sixty days respectively.

Dispute resolution

Kia UK Limited aim to deal with disputes quickly and effectively to minimise delay in payments to suppliers. The normal process would be to look at any disputes internally between Finance and the functional department. If it is unable to be resolved internally the next step would be to go to the supplier contact with the dispute. An approved Service Level Agreement of two working days time frame for escalation and response of queries to the relevant person. Once the dispute has been resolved the invoice would be released for inclusion in the next scheduled payment.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	32	34%	11%	30 Jul 2026
H2 2025	30	51%	4%	30 Jan 2026
H1 2025	30	18%	5%	30 Jul 2025
H2 2024	38	44%	7%	30 Jan 2025
H1 2024	34	38%	8%	30 Jul 2024
H2 2023	32	48%	4%	30 Jan 2024
H1 2023	36	71%	8%	28 Jul 2023
H2 2022	35	69%	6%	30 Jan 2023
H1 2022	34	58%	7%	29 Jul 2022
H2 2021	33	65%	5%	27 Jan 2022
H1 2021	32	27%	6%	30 Jul 2021
H2 2020	43	54%	15%	29 Jan 2021
H1 2020	37	28%	11%	30 Jul 2020
H2 2019	28	6%	4%	30 Jan 2020
H1 2019	31	1%	7%	29 Jul 2019
H2 2018	31	2%	5%	30 Jan 2019
H1 2018	35	26%	10%	30 Jul 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 32-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 32-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £12,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 32-day cycle — about £9,900 more than the same account would carry at 7-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 ±4 days period to period, around 32 days.

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 32, moving within about ±4 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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