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How long does RCL Cruises Ltd take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 07366612 · Transport & storage · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

49days
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
6 Sept 2010
Registered office
7, THE HEIGHTS, BROOKLANDS, WEYBRIDGE, SURREY,, WEYBRIDGE, KT13 0XW
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30–90 days. Reported average: 49.

Stated terms30–90d
+19 days
Reported avg49d

At a glance

The key figures

30–90d
their stated terms
49%
invoices paid outside terms
±1d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 85% of the 248 large companies reporting in transport & storage.

The pattern

Holding steady

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d
49
49
48
48
48
49
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 65% 31–60 days 18% 61+ days 17%

The read · computed from their figures

RCL Cruises Ltd has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 49 days against stated terms of 30–90 days.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±1 days period to period.

In the latest period 49% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 17% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Unless otherwise agreed in writing, RCL Cruises Ltd will pay undisputed invoices within 90 days of receipt of a correctly prepared and properly due VAT invoice from a third party supplier. Invoices must generally state: the contact details of the RCL Cruises Ltd point of contact; the relevant purchase order number where applicable; relevant currency; all charges and applicable taxes, and a description of the goods/services.

Dispute resolution

RCL Cruises Ltd point of contact varies from supplier to supplier and in the first instance disputes are handled by the relevant business manager, with escalation to appropriate senior RCL Cruises Ltd contacts in order to reach resolution effectively. Additionally suppliers can contact our UK Accounts Payable team ([email protected]).

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20264949%17%23 Jul 2026
H2 20254829%24%20 Jan 2026
H1 20254827%23%28 Jul 2025
H2 20244867%27%31 Jan 2025
H1 20244964%23%30 Jul 2024
H2 20234969%27%29 Jan 2024
H1 20234871%23%28 Jul 2023
H2 20224365%16%27 Jan 2023
H1 20224572%19%28 Jul 2022
H2 20215063%17%28 Jan 2022
H1 20215171%21%28 Jul 2021
H2 20205359%25%28 Jan 2021
H1 20204569%15%30 Jul 2020
H2 20194567%14%30 Jan 2020
H1 20194877%19%30 Jul 2019
H2 20184675%15%30 Jan 2019
H1 20184258%15%30 Jul 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 49-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 49-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £19,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 49-day cycle — about £7,500 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 is steady — within about ±1 days period to period, around 49 days.
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 49, moving within about ±1 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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