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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Gates (U.K.) Limited pays suppliers in 32 days on average — within its stated 30–60 day terms

CRN SC001771 · Manufacturing · 5 statutory reports on record · period to 6 Jun 2026

32daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 2 days past the shortest term they state (30 days), still within their 60-day upper term.

Around averagevs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
30–60 days
Paid outside agreed terms
7% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
8%
Reporting period
1 Jan 2026 – 6 Jun 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 3 Sept 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid within their stated range — 32 against 30–60 days

The pattern · last 5 of 5 reports

70 → 32 days — getting faster

The read · computed from their figures

Gates (U.K.) Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 32 days against stated terms of 30–60 days; 7% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 8% took 61 days or longer. Filed 3 Sept 2026.

The direction is faster: from 70 days in H2 2018 to 32 now — 38 days faster across their last 5 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Faster than 82% of the 977 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

That is 5 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

7% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

payment terms for qualifying contracts, including for different types of qualifying contract

Dispute resolution

Invoice disputes are managed through a formal query resolution process involving the Accounts Payable team and relevant business stakeholders. Suppliers are kept informed throughout the process, and payments are made in line with agreed terms once disputes are resolved.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2026327%8%3 Sept 2026
H2 20253630%11%16 Feb 2026
H2 2019686%71%13 Mar 2020
H1 2019640%57%22 Oct 2019
H2 2018705%18%11 Jan 2019

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
9 Aug 1888
Registered office
TINWALD DOWNS ROAD, HEATHHALL, DG1 1TS
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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Quick answers · Gates (U.K.) Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 38 days faster over the window (70 → 32 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report puts the average at day 32; across their last 5 reports it ranged 32–70 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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