Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk
Kainos Software Limited pays suppliers in 19 days on average — inside its 30-day stated terms
Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 11 days inside their stated 30-day term.
- Their stated terms
- 30 days
- Paid outside agreed terms
- 9% of invoices
- Paid after 61+ days
- 2%
- Reporting period
- 1 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
- Source
- their gov.uk filing, filed 29 Apr 2026
Self-reported figures from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.
Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing
Paid 11 days inside the 30-day term they state
Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices
The pattern · last 6 of 16 reports
Holding steady around 19 days
The read · computed from their figures
Kainos Software Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 19 days against stated terms of 30 days; 9% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 2% took 61 days or longer. Filed 29 Apr 2026.
The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±2 days period to period.
On the latest reported averages: Faster than 82% of the 476 large companies reporting in information & communication.
That is 16 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.
What they tell their suppliers
In their own words · from the filing
Standard payment terms
30 days.
Dispute resolution
Kainos Software Limited has a robust purchase order policy, whereby the majority of payments made to suppliers for goods and services have been pre-approved at the purchase order stage or contract stage. Issues will be identified at this stage, if unresolved the purchase order or contract will not get approved and the supplier will not be engaged for goods and services. The accounts payable team perform a 3-stage matching process between PO, invoice and receipt of goods / services before payment is issued. Payment disputes are therefore uncommon and resolved readily with reference to the original purchase order or contract. Where a purchase order has not been used, or a supplier does have a concern or wishes to raise a dispute, the supplier can contact the accounts payable team through the
Every statutory report on record
Most recent first.
| Period | Avg days | Outside terms | 61+ days | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H1 2026 | 19 | 9% | 2% | 29 Apr 2026 |
| H2 2025 | 22 | 13% | 3% | 30 Oct 2025 |
| H1 2025 | 21 | 14% | 2% | 25 Apr 2025 |
| H2 2024 | 22 | 11% | 3% | 28 Oct 2024 |
| H1 2024 | 21 | 9% | 2% | 30 Apr 2024 |
| H2 2023 | 21 | 10% | 3% | 30 Oct 2023 |
| H1 2023 | 24 | 15% | 5% | 26 Apr 2023 |
| H2 2022 | 27 | 24% | 9% | 28 Oct 2022 |
| H1 2022 | 28 | 31% | 10% | 29 Apr 2022 |
| H2 2021 | 26 | 27% | 4% | 27 Oct 2021 |
| H1 2021 | 25 | 21% | 4% | 30 Apr 2021 |
| H2 2020 | 25 | 23% | 3% | 29 Oct 2020 |
| H1 2020 | 22 | 17% | 2% | 17 Apr 2020 |
| H2 2019 | 19 | 12% | 2% | 23 Oct 2019 |
| H1 2019 | 20 | 21% | 4% | 26 Apr 2019 |
| H2 2018 | 28 | 35% | 4% | 23 Oct 2018 |
On the public register · Companies House
Company record
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 14 Apr 1986
- Registered office
- KAINOS HOUSE, BELFAST, BT7 1NT
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