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How long does Rider Levett Bucknall UK Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 04653580 · Professional & technical services · 18 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Apr 2026

41days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Slower than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

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

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On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
31 Jan 2003
Registered office
15 COLMORE ROW, BIRMINGHAM, B3 2BH
3 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Jan 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30 days. Reported average: 41.

Stated terms30d
+11 days
Reported avg41d

At a glance

The key figures

30d
their stated terms
29%
invoices paid outside terms
+11d
slower over the window
±6d
variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 72% of the 530 large companies reporting in professional & technical services.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d
30
30
30
40
40
41
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 63% 31–60 days 33% 61+ days 4%

The read · computed from their figures

Rider Levett Bucknall UK Limited has filed 18 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2017). Their latest report puts the average at 41 days against stated terms of 30 days.

The direction is slower: from 30 to 41 days over the window — about 11 days slower.

In the latest period 29% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 4% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

RLB generally pays supplier invoices within 30 days, however, if the requirement is shorter or immediate this is reviewed and accommodated accordingly where appropriate. There are instances where suppliers are paid immediately on receipt of invoice.

Dispute resolution

A dispute will normally be received by the Accounts Payable team, who will notify the Project Manager / Invoice approver who will aim to resolve this issue. Accounts Payable will receive feedback from the above with regards to the actions required. Once the dispute is resolved a request will be made to the supplier for a re-issued invoice with the appropriate post resolution date. Payment will then be made accordingly.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20264129%4%29 May 2026
H2 20254035%4%28 Nov 2025
H1 20254037%4%30 May 2025
H2 20243035%3%29 Nov 2024
H1 20243033%2%30 May 2024
H2 20233030%2%30 Nov 2023
H1 20233032%3%30 May 2023
H2 20223032%4%29 Nov 2022
H1 20223836%4%30 May 2022
H2 20213940%3%29 Nov 2021
H1 20213939%5%28 May 2021
H2 20203836%4%1 Dec 2020
H1 20203937%5%29 May 2020
H2 20193536%4%29 Nov 2019
H1 20194148%12%30 May 2019
H2 20184374%13%29 Nov 2018
H1 20184476%16%22 May 2018
H2 20175382%25%28 Feb 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 41-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 41-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £16,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 41-day cycle — about £4,300 more than the same account would carry at 30-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 11 days slower over the window (30 → 41 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 41, moving within about ±6 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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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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