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How long does Onfido Ltd take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 07479524 · Administrative & support services · 4 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Jan 2024

24days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Faster 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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Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 31 Jan 2024 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
29 Dec 2010
Registered office
9 DEVONSHIRE SQUARE, LONDON, EC2M 4YF
1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 0–60 days. Reported average: 24.

Stated terms0–60d
+24 days
Reported avg24d

At a glance

The key figures

0–60d
their stated terms
0%
invoices paid outside terms
-6d
faster over the window
±4d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 60% of the 608 large companies reporting in administrative & support services.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 4 statutory reports.

30
32
30
24
H1 2022H1 2023H1 2023H1 2024

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 73% 31–60 days 25% 61+ days 2%

The read · computed from their figures

Onfido Ltd has filed 4 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2022). Their latest report puts the average at 24 days against stated terms of 0–60 days.

The direction is faster: from 30 to 24 days over the window — about 6 days faster.

In the latest period 0% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 2% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Our Standard Conditions of Purchase provide for payment Net 30 days in which an invoice is received, subject to (i) a valid invoice being properly provided by the supplier and (ii) the relevant goods and services being delivered and accepted by us, in accordance with the contract. Whilst the company does contract its business on the basis of bespoke terms and conditions, the relevant payment terms are largely consistent with those contained within the Standard Conditions of Purchase.

Dispute resolution

As per our standard conditions of purchase, if a payment dispute arises, then the parties are required to resolve any issues that have been identified and use reasonable endeavours to resolve the dispute amicably. Either with the Accounts Payables team for administrative issues or with the vendor relationship manager, who is their primary point of contact. A valid invoice must be submitted to ensure that it is processed in accordance with Onfido policy, referencing a valid purchase order. Payment without a purchase order is only accepted in exceptional circumstances and must be done so in writing at the time of contract execution. And submitted via the authorised channel, as detailed on the purchase order.

Other information

Where the date that an invoice has been received cannot be reliably established (primarily due to IT limitations), the supplier’s invoice date is used as day “0” for the purposes of the calculation of the reported payment statistics. It is not precisely known when payments credit into a supplier’s bank account (we do not have systems that accurately record this event) and the various payment methods that Onfido uses depending on the timing of payments. For the disclosed statistics, we have made a reasonable estimation of when payments have cleared into a supplier's bank account of 3 days. Where an invoice has been settled through the matching of a credit note, this invoice is not included in the payment statistics. If there is a partial match of a credit note against an invoice, the paym

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2024240%2%5 Mar 2025
H1 20233062%6%17 Aug 2023
H1 20233256%8%22 Mar 2023
H1 20223042%5%26 Aug 2022

Working-capital effect

What a 24-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 24-day vs a 0-day payment cycle.

≈ £9,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 24-day cycle — about £9,500 more than the same account would carry at 0-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 6 days faster over the window (30 → 24 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 24, moving within about ±4 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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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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