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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Ao World PLC pays suppliers in 44 days on average — inside its 60-day stated terms

CRN 05525751 · Professional & technical services · 4 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2026

44daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 16 days inside their stated 60-day term.

Slower than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
60 days
Paid outside agreed terms
18% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
10%
Reporting period
1 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 30 Apr 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid 16 days inside the 60-day term they state

The pattern · last 4 of 4 reports

36 → 44 days — slowing down

The read · computed from their figures

Ao World PLC's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 44 days against stated terms of 60 days; 18% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 10% took 61 days or longer. Filed 30 Apr 2026.

The direction is slower: from 36 days in H2 2024 to 44 now — 8 days slower across their last 4 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 76% of the 510 large companies reporting in professional & technical services.

That is 4 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2024) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

33% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard payment terms range from 30 days to 60 days, with the only exceptions being in specific agreed circumstances between both parties.

Dispute resolution

All queries are managed by a dedicated accounts payable team who liase with suppliers in the case of any queries. Regular dialogue is made with suppliers and attempts to resolve queries in a timely manner.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20264418%10%30 Apr 2026
H2 20254319%15%29 Oct 2025
H1 20253814%12%30 Apr 2025
H2 20243616%9%28 Oct 2024

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Public Limited Company
Incorporated
2 Aug 2005
Registered office
UNIT 5A THE PARKLANDS, BOLTON, BL6 4SD
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2026 — overdue

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Quick answers · Ao World PLC

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 8 days slower over the window (36 → 44 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report puts the average at day 44; across their last 4 reports it ranged 36–44 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
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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?
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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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