Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Diligenta Limited pays suppliers in 39 days on average — 9 days past its stated terms

CRN 05535029 · Financial services · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

39daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 9 days past the 30-day term they state.

Well behindvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers

Their stated terms: 7–30 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 61% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 8%
Reporting period: 1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 31 Jul 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid 9 days past their stated terms

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–45

avg 39d

0 days45 days

reported avg 39 days their filed terms 7–30 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 41% 31–60 days 51% 61+ days 8%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #115972, period 1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026, filed 31 Jul 2026 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Diligenta Limited pays 9 days past its own stated terms. 61% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 8% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2026 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 16 reports

34 → 39 days — slowing down

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 16 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

5 days slower across the window. From 34 days in H2 2023 to 39 in the H1 2026 filing; the dashed line marks the 7-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Diligenta Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 39 days against stated terms of 7–30 days; 61% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 8% took 61 days or longer. Filed 31 Jul 2026.

The direction is slower: from 34 days in H2 2023 to 39 now — 5 days slower across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 89% of the 638 large companies reporting in financial services.

That is 16 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

The Company's policy is that payments to suppliers are made in accordance with those terms and conditions agreed between the Company and its suppliers, provided that all trading terms and conditions have been complied with. The standard contractual payment terms for supplier is 30 days however this can vary and is agreed for each supplier dependent upon the nature of the business.

Dispute resolution

The Company has a dedicated Accounts Payable team which is reachable by phone and email. Suppliers with invoice queries need to contact this team for further information and, if not clear from the system why the invoice has not been approved for payment, then the business contact can be contacted for an update. Disputes are resolved by discussion and agreement with a supplier.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	39	61%	8%	31 Jul 2026
H2 2025	40	54%	19%	29 Jan 2026
H1 2025	36	36%	14%	24 Jul 2025
H2 2024	44	50%	22%	27 Jan 2025
H1 2024	39	42%	11%	30 Jul 2024
H2 2023	34	34%	7%	23 Jan 2024
H1 2023	41	44%	18%	26 Jul 2023
H2 2022	61	67%	39%	27 Jan 2023
H1 2022	53	58%	26%	29 Jul 2022
H2 2021	55	66%	33%	26 Jan 2022
H1 2021	35	32%	7%	29 Jul 2021
H2 2020	36	34%	8%	29 Jan 2021
H1 2020	34	41%	7%	27 Jul 2020
H2 2019	33	37%	7%	30 Jan 2020
H1 2019	35	48%	9%	24 Jul 2019
H2 2018	30	45%	6%	29 Jan 2019

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 12 Aug 2005
Registered office: LYNCH WOOD, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, PE2 6FY

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 39-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 39-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £15,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 39-day cycle — about £12,600 more than the same account would carry at 7-day terms.

Late Payment Act. The Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 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 · Diligenta Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 5 days slower over the window (34 → 39 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report puts the average at day 39; across their last 6 reports it ranged 34–44 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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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