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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Arqiva Smart Metering Limited pays suppliers in 26 days on average — inside its 60-day stated terms

CRN 08682562 · Information & communication · 14 statutory reports on record · period to 1 Jul 2026

26daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 34 days inside their stated 60-day term.

Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
60 days
Paid outside agreed terms
9% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
0%
Reporting period
30 Jun 2026 – 1 Jul 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 28 Jul 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid 34 days inside the 60-day term they state

The pattern · last 6 of 14 reports

Holding steady around 26 days

The read · computed from their figures

Arqiva Smart Metering Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 26 days against stated terms of 60 days; 9% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 0% took 61 days or longer. Filed 28 Jul 2026.

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

On the latest reported averages: Faster than 62% of the 476 large companies reporting in information & communication.

That is 14 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2019) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

100% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard 60 day payment terms

Dispute resolution

Standard process

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2026269%0%28 Jul 2026
H2 20252712%2%2 Feb 2026
H1 2025257%0%21 Jul 2025
H2 2024288%9%13 Jan 2025
H1 2024311%0%8 Jul 2024
H2 20232525%0%5 Jan 2024
H1 20231921%2%31 Jul 2023
H2 20221851%5%5 Jan 2023
H1 2022173%0%10 Aug 2022
H2 20213226%6%31 Jan 2022
H1 2021173%1%28 Jul 2021
H2 20202612%6%27 Jan 2021
H1 2020247%1%27 Jul 2020
H2 20193121%18%4 Mar 2020

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
9 Sept 2013
Registered office
CRAWLEY COURT, WINCHESTER, SO21 2QA
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Mar 2027

Open the full record at Companies House.

Quick answers · Arqiva Smart Metering Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average is steady — within about ±2 days period to period, around 26 days.
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 26, moving within about ±2 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?
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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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