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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Hornsea 1 Limited pays suppliers in 19 days on average — within its stated 15–60 day terms

CRN 07640868 · Administrative & support services · 11 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

19daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 4 days past the shortest term they state (15 days), still within their 60-day upper term.

Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
15–60 days
Paid outside agreed terms
3% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
0%
Reporting period
1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 27 Aug 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid within their stated range — 19 against 15–60 days

The pattern · last 6 of 11 reports

4 → 19 days — slowing down

The read · computed from their figures

Hornsea 1 Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 19 days against stated terms of 15–60 days; 3% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 0% took 61 days or longer. Filed 27 Aug 2026.

The direction is slower: from 4 days in H2 2023 to 19 now — 15 days slower across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Faster than 75% of the 593 large companies reporting in administrative & support services.

That is 11 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2021) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

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In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard contractual length of time for payment of invoices are 30 days from invoice received date. The maximum contractual payment period is 60 days from invoice day.

Dispute resolution

The Parties will attempt to settle any dispute between them by entering into good-faith negotiations through the appropriate management level of governance in a timely manner. The Parties must as a minimum attend the first good-faith negotiations. If a dispute is not resolved by prior negotiation, any dispute arising out of or in connection with the Agreement, including any disputes regarding the existence, validity or termination thereof, shall be settled by arbitration in accordance with the provisions of the Rules of the London Court of International Arbitration provided that: a) one (1) arbitrator will be appointed; b) the arbitrator applies the laws of England; c) the arbitration shall be conducted in the English language; and d) be held in London, England. Any arbitration

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2026193%0%27 Aug 2026
H2 2025277%3%27 Mar 2026
H1 2025121%0%26 Mar 2026
H2 2024134%0%27 Mar 2026
H1 2024178%1%27 Mar 2026
H2 202349%0%27 Mar 2026
H1 20231012%3%27 Mar 2026
H2 202224%0%27 Mar 2026
H1 202225%0%27 Mar 2026
H2 2021510%1%27 Mar 2026
H1 2021615%0%27 Mar 2026

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
19 May 2011
Registered office
5 HOWICK PLACE, LONDON, SW1P 1WG
1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

Open the full record at Companies House.

Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 19-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 19-day vs a 15-day payment cycle.

≈ £7,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 19-day cycle — about £1,600 more than the same account would carry at 15-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 · Hornsea 1 Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 15 days slower over the window (4 → 19 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report puts the average at day 19; across their last 6 reports it ranged 4–27 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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