Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Alstom Transport UK Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 08462831 · Manufacturing · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2026

71days

their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period

Well behindvs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

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

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 26 Mar 2013
Registered office: ALSTOM, DERBY, DE24 8AD

1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 28–60 days. Reported average: 71.

Stated terms28–60d

+43 days

Reported avg71d

At a glance

The key figures

28–60d

their stated terms

40%

invoices paid outside terms

+16d

slower over the window

±11d

variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 90% of the 992 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 28d

H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 18% 31–60 days 28% 61+ days 54%

The read · computed from their figures

Alstom Transport UK Limited has filed 16 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 71 days against stated terms of 28–60 days.

The direction is slower: from 55 to 71 days over the window — about 16 days slower.

In the latest period 40% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 54% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Payment code: Network Rail’s “Fair Payment Charter” Offers e-invoicing Offers supply-chain finance 3% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

The Company’s standard payment terms are 60 days from the end of the month in which an undisputed invoice is received. Deviations from standard payment terms are agreed on a case-by-case basis subject to negotiation and agreement as part of a wider suite of commercial conditions.

Dispute resolution

Alstom seeks to satisfactorily resolve any queries as quickly as possible prior to payment being made. Invoices received which cannot be processed due to errors, and/or missing/inaccurate information are passed to the relevant internal stakeholders for resolution, which would escalate to departmental heads as required. In the event that this process cannot satisfactorily resolve the dispute, the matter would subject to the dispute resolution conditions defined in the relevant agreement.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	71	40%	54%	30 Apr 2026
H2 2025	57	26%	43%	22 Dec 2025
H1 2025	78	49%	49%	22 May 2025
H2 2024	58	43%	42%	28 Oct 2024
H1 2024	58	46%	43%	24 Apr 2024
H2 2023	55	38%	38%	25 Oct 2023
H1 2023	55	39%	39%	26 Apr 2023
H2 2022	52	22%	32%	26 Oct 2022
H1 2022	45	23%	23%	22 Apr 2022
H2 2021	51	34%	27%	27 Oct 2021
H1 2021	50	42%	31%	28 Apr 2021
H2 2020	54	40%	36%	27 Oct 2020
H1 2020	53	38%	40%	28 Apr 2020
H2 2019	54	48%	38%	31 Oct 2019
H1 2019	54	52%	37%	26 Apr 2019
H2 2018	54	50%	41%	26 Oct 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 71-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 71-day vs a 28-day payment cycle.

≈ £28,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 71-day cycle — about £17,000 more than the same account would carry at 28-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 16 days slower over the window (55 → 71 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 71, moving within about ±11 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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