Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

First Transpennine Express Limited paid suppliers in 45 days on average — inside its 60-day stated terms

CRN 09111801 · Transport & storage · 14 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2025

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 31 Mar 2025 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

45daysavg time to pay · H1 2025

Their H1 2025 filing put the average 15 days inside their stated 60-day term.

Their stated terms: 60 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 43% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 23%
Reporting period: 1 Oct 2024 – 31 Mar 2025
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 28 Apr 2025

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2025 filing

Paid 15 days inside the 60-day term they state

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–65

avg 45d

0 days65 days

reported avg 45 days their filed terms 0–60 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 61% 31–60 days 16% 61+ days 23%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #97483, period 1 Oct 2024 – 31 Mar 2025, filed 28 Apr 2025 · gov.uk payment-practices service

First Transpennine Express Limited paid 15 days inside its stated 60-day term. 43% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 23% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2025 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 14 reports

34 → 45 days — slower across the window

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 14 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

11 days slower across the window. From 34 days in H2 2022 to 45 in the H1 2025 filing; the dashed line marks the 60-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

First Transpennine Express Limited's H1 2025 filing put their average at 45 days against stated terms of 60 days; 43% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 23% took 61 days or longer. Filed 28 Apr 2025.

The direction is slower: from 34 days in H2 2022 to 45 now — 11 days slower across their last 6 reports.

That is 14 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

The Company’s standard payment terms are 60 days from date of valid invoice. It is the Group’s policy to agree appropriate payment terms for each transaction or series of transactions, and to abide by those terms on the submission of a valid invoice. The Company regularly agrees variations to the standard terms with individual suppliers depending on the nature of the goods/services and other circumstances.

Dispute resolution

The Company is committed to dealing with suppliers in a fair, consistent and transparent manner. We seek to resolve any invoice queries as quickly as possible between the Accounts Payable team and the relevant supplier. If a dispute cannot be resolved it is escalated to the relevant Head of Department and Procurement.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2025	45	43%	23%	28 Apr 2025
H2 2024	88	62%	57%	29 Oct 2024
H1 2024	72	39%	43%	26 Apr 2024
H2 2023	35	21%	13%	13 Oct 2023
H1 2023	36	25%	17%	21 Apr 2023
H2 2022	34	21%	9%	31 Oct 2022
H1 2022	29	19%	9%	29 Apr 2022
H2 2021	31	17%	8%	28 Oct 2021
H1 2021	34	19%	9%	28 Apr 2021
H2 2020	34	18%	13%	26 Oct 2020
H1 2020	32	18%	11%	30 Apr 2020
H2 2019	33	22%	10%	30 Oct 2019
H1 2019	32	26%	10%	29 Apr 2019
H2 2018	136	29%	34%	30 Oct 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 2 Jul 2014
Registered office: 8TH FLOOR THE POINT, LONDON, W2 1AF

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Quick answers · First Transpennine Express Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 11 days slower over the window (34 → 45 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report put the average at day 45; across their last 6 reports it ranged 34–88 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 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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