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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Octopus Energy Limited pays suppliers in 13 days on average — inside its 30-day stated terms

CRN 09263424 · Electricity & gas · 12 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Oct 2025

13daysavg time to pay · H2 2025

Their H2 2025 filing puts the average 17 days inside their stated 30-day term.

Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
30 days
Paid outside agreed terms
38% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
1%
Reporting period
1 May 2025 – 31 Oct 2025
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 5 Jan 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H2 2025 filing

Paid 17 days inside the 30-day term they state

The pattern · last 6 of 12 reports

Holding steady around 13 days

The read · computed from their figures

Octopus Energy Limited's H2 2025 filing puts their average at 13 days against stated terms of 30 days; 38% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 1% took 61 days or longer. Filed 5 Jan 2026.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±4 days period to period.

On the latest reported averages: Faster than 92% of the 158 large companies reporting in electricity & gas.

That is 12 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2020) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

Payment code: Prompt Payment Code

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Octopus's standard payment terms are 30 days on receipt of invoice, unless different terms have been agreed or are stated on the invoice. Some suppliers are paid via direct debit and/or have immediate payment terms.

Dispute resolution

Queries orissues are raised by sending an email to the Accounts Payable team. A member of the team will contact the supplier to understand the issue and attempt to rectify. If the issue cannot be rectified by the Accounts Payable team it will be escalated as required by management. The team aims to resolve issues as quickly as practicable, usually within 2 – 4 working days.

Other information

There were some process changes in August 2025 and notwithstanding this 99% of supplier invoices were paid with 60 days in compliance with the PPC

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H2 20251338%1%5 Jan 2026
H1 2025169%0%17 Jun 2025
H2 2024147%0%29 Nov 2024
H1 2024206%0%28 May 2024
H2 20232210%1%25 Jan 2024
H1 20231512%1%31 May 2023
H2 20221617%1%30 Nov 2022
H1 20221817%1%30 May 2022
H2 20211713%0%30 Nov 2021
H1 20212112%1%28 May 2021
H2 20201815%1%25 Nov 2020
H1 20202026%1%9 Jun 2020

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
14 Oct 2014
Registered office
UK HOUSE, 5TH FLOOR, LONDON, W1D 1NN
8 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Jan 2027

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Quick answers · Octopus Energy Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average is steady — within about ±4 days period to period, around 13 days.
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 13, moving within about ±4 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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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