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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Ricardo-AEA Limited paid suppliers in 31 days on average — within its stated 30–60 day terms

CRN 08229264 · Information & communication · 14 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2024

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 30 Jun 2024 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.
31daysavg time to pay · H1 2024

Their H1 2024 filing put the average 1 day past the shortest term they state (30 days), still within their 60-day upper term.

Their stated terms
30–60 days
Paid outside agreed terms
17% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
7%
Reporting period
1 Jan 2024 – 30 Jun 2024
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 30 Jul 2024

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2024 filing

Paid within their stated range — 31 against 30–60 days

The pattern · last 6 of 14 reports

Held steady around 31 days

The read · computed from their figures

Ricardo-AEA Limited's H1 2024 filing put their average at 31 days against stated terms of 30–60 days; 17% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 7% took 61 days or longer. Filed 30 Jul 2024.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±2 days period to period.

That is 14 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2017) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Our default payment terms are 60 days, but some supplier are on paid when paid terms, and this can lead to a longer payment period.

Dispute resolution

Where there is a dispute over deliverables on a project, our Project Manager will lead the discussion with their technical contact at the suppliers. Where there is a dispute with presentation of an invoice (such as formatting, missing PO number etc), the Finance team will address the issue with the supplier.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20243117%7%30 Jul 2024
H2 20233221%7%30 Jan 2024
H1 20233220%8%30 Jul 2023
H2 20222818%5%31 Jan 2023
H1 20222815%4%29 Jul 2022
H2 20213117%6%28 Jan 2022
H1 20212915%5%29 Jul 2021
H2 20203118%6%29 Jan 2021
H1 20203327%8%29 Jul 2020
H2 20193425%9%29 Jan 2020
H1 20193325%7%29 Jul 2019
H2 20184124%7%30 Jan 2019
H1 20183827%8%30 Jul 2018
H2 20174241%10%31 Jan 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
26 Sept 2012
Registered office
WSP HOUSE, LONDON, WC2A 1AF
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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Quick answers · Ricardo-AEA Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average was steady — within about ±2 days period to period, around 31 days.
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports averaged around day 31, moving within about ±2 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
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What does "paid outside agreed terms" mean?
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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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