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How long does Kainos Software Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN NI019370 · Information & communication · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2026

19days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

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

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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
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30 days. Reported average: 19.

Stated terms30d
-11 days
Reported avg19d

At a glance

The key figures

30d
their stated terms
9%
invoices paid outside terms
±2d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 83% of the 475 large companies reporting in information & communication.

The pattern

Holding steady

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d
21
21
22
21
22
19
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 91% 31–60 days 7% 61+ days 2%

The read · computed from their figures

Kainos Software Limited has filed 16 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 19 days against stated terms of 30 days.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±2 days period to period.

In the latest period 9% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 2% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

18% of invoices in dispute

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.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2026199%2%29 Apr 2026
H2 20252213%3%30 Oct 2025
H1 20252114%2%25 Apr 2025
H2 20242211%3%28 Oct 2024
H1 2024219%2%30 Apr 2024
H2 20232110%3%30 Oct 2023
H1 20232415%5%26 Apr 2023
H2 20222724%9%28 Oct 2022
H1 20222831%10%29 Apr 2022
H2 20212627%4%27 Oct 2021
H1 20212521%4%30 Apr 2021
H2 20202523%3%29 Oct 2020
H1 20202217%2%17 Apr 2020
H2 20191912%2%23 Oct 2019
H1 20192021%4%26 Apr 2019
H2 20182835%4%23 Oct 2018

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average is steady — within about ±2 days period to period, around 19 days.
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 19, moving within about ±2 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 6,185 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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