Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Oxford Direct Services Limited pays suppliers in 21 days on average — within its stated 14–30 day terms

CRN 10719222 · Administrative & support services · 6 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Sept 2026

21daysavg time to pay · H2 2026

Their H2 2026 filing puts the average 7 days past the shortest term they state (14 days), still within their 30-day upper term.

Well behindvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers

Their stated terms: 14–30 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 86% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 3%
Reporting period: 1 Apr 2026 – 30 Sept 2026
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 13 Oct 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H2 2026 filing

Paid within their stated range — 21 against 14–30 days

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–40

avg 21d

0 days40 days

reported avg 21 days their filed terms 14–30 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 14% 31–60 days 83% 61+ days 3%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #117374, period 1 Apr 2026 – 30 Sept 2026, filed 13 Oct 2026 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Oxford Direct Services Limited pays within its stated range, 7 days past the shortest term. 86% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 3% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H2 2026 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 6 reports

16 → 21 days — slowing down

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

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

5 days slower across the window. From 16 days in H2 2023 to 21 in the H2 2026 filing; the dashed line marks the 14-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Oxford Direct Services Limited's H2 2026 filing puts their average at 21 days against stated terms of 14–30 days; 86% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 3% took 61 days or longer. Filed 13 Oct 2026.

The direction is slower: from 16 days in H2 2023 to 21 now — 5 days slower across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Faster than 68% of the 593 large companies reporting in administrative & support services.

That is 6 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2023) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Payment of the price and VAT shall be due within 30 days of the date of the Seller’s invoice. No invoice shall be submitted by the Seller to the company prior to delivery of all of the goods in conformity with the purchase order and the specification, or the full and proper completion of the services and no payment shall be payable until delivery of all of the goods or the full and proper completion of all of the Services specified in the purchase order and specification.

Dispute resolution

Suppliers with invoice queries can contact the AP team either via email or via direct contact with a member of the Accounts Payable team. The Accounts Payable team will investigate the query and will respond to the Supplier with a resolution. The Accounts Payable team will also get in contact with the Supplier if they find an issue with the invoice.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2026	21	86%	3%	13 Oct 2026
H1 2026	19	90%	3%	24 Sept 2026
H2 2025	14	0%	0%	19 Feb 2026
H2 2024	26	8%	0%	10 Feb 2025
H1 2024	17	3%	0%	19 Aug 2024
H2 2023	16	6%	0%	2 Nov 2023

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 10 Apr 2017
Registered office: COWLEY MARSH DEPOT, OXFORD, OX4 2HH

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 21-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 21-day vs a 14-day payment cycle.

≈ £8,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 21-day cycle — about £2,800 more than the same account would carry at 14-day terms.

Late Payment Act. The Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 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 · Oxford Direct Services Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 5 days slower over the window (16 → 21 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report puts the average at day 21; across their last 6 reports it ranged 14–26 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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