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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Thought Machine Group Limited pays suppliers in 30 days on average — within its stated 1–90 day terms

CRN 11114277 · Information & communication · 6 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Dec 2025

30daysavg time to pay · H2 2025

Their H2 2025 filing puts the average 29 days past the shortest term they state (1 days), still within their 90-day upper term.

Slower than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
1–90 days
Paid outside agreed terms
49% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
4%
Reporting period
1 Jul 2025 – 31 Dec 2025
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 30 Jan 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H2 2025 filing

Paid within their stated range — 30 against 1–90 days

The pattern · last 6 of 6 reports

36 → 30 days — getting faster

The read · computed from their figures

Thought Machine Group Limited's H2 2025 filing puts their average at 30 days against stated terms of 1–90 days; 49% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 4% took 61 days or longer. Filed 30 Jan 2026.

The direction is faster: from 36 days in H1 2022 to 30 now — 6 days faster across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 54% of the 476 large companies reporting in information & communication.

That is 6 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2022) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

The supplier shall invoice the Company at the invoicing address set out on the purchase order and the Company’s terms of payment shall be 30 days following receipt of a valid invoice quoting the correct purchase order and job numbers for Goods and/or Materials delivered and/or Services performed to the Company’s reasonable satisfaction. The Company may set off against any sums due to the supplier whether under contract or otherwise any lawful set-off, counterclaim to which the Company may at any time be entitled.

Dispute resolution

Any disputes in respect of supplier payments are resolved by contacting the Accounts Payable Team via [email protected]. The Accounts Payable department will then assist further with query and if applicable this may be escalated to the legal team.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H2 20253049%4%30 Jan 2026
H1 20253052%4%18 Aug 2025
H2 20243447%7%15 Jan 2025
H1 20243848%11%15 Jul 2024
H2 20233562%9%23 Jan 2024
H1 20223657%13%2 Dec 2022

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
15 Dec 2017
Registered office
5 NEW STREET SQUARE, LONDON, EC4A 3TW
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 30-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 30-day vs a 1-day payment cycle.

≈ £12,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 30-day cycle — about £11,400 more than the same account would carry at 1-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 · Thought Machine Group Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 6 days faster over the window (36 → 30 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report puts the average at day 30; across their last 6 reports it ranged 30–38 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?
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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