Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Babcock Support Services Limited pays suppliers in 30 days on average — within its stated 7–60 day terms

CRN SC099884 · Administrative & support services · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2026

30daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 23 days past the shortest term they state (7 days), still within their 60-day upper term.

Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers

Their stated terms: 7–60 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 21% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 1%
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 within their stated range — 30 against 7–60 days

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–65

avg 30d

0 days65 days

reported avg 30 days their filed terms 7–60 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 75% 31–60 days 24% 61+ days 1%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #111279, period 1 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2026, filed 29 Apr 2026 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Babcock Support Services Limited pays within its stated range, 23 days past the shortest term. 21% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 1% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2026 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 16 reports

25 → 30 days — slowing down

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 16 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 25 days in H2 2023 to 30 in the H1 2026 filing; the dashed line marks the 7-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Babcock Support Services Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 30 days against stated terms of 7–60 days; 21% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 1% took 61 days or longer. Filed 29 Apr 2026.

The direction is slower: from 25 days in H2 2023 to 30 now — 5 days slower across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 56% of the 593 large companies reporting in administrative & support services.

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

Offers e-invoicing

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard payment terms are generally in the range of 30 to 60 days. Small and micro suppliers are on 30 day terms

Dispute resolution

Relationships with our suppliers are important to us and we rely on our suppliers to deliver high quality goods and services to meet the needs of our customers. Our purchase contracts specify dispute escalation processes. We commit to treating suppliers fairly and intend to resolve any identified disputes as quickly as possible. Point of contact details are provided on purchase orders.

Other information

Small supplier (49 or less employees) 100% paid within 30 days

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	30	21%	1%	29 Apr 2026
H2 2025	32	16%	2%	30 Oct 2025
H1 2025	29	18%	1%	29 Apr 2025
H2 2024	23	23%	0%	28 Oct 2024
H1 2024	26	19%	1%	29 Apr 2024
H2 2023	25	22%	3%	27 Oct 2023
H1 2023	58	36%	14%	27 Apr 2023
H2 2022	27	24%	2%	28 Oct 2022
H1 2022	32	51%	4%	12 May 2022
H2 2021	39	58%	14%	28 Oct 2021
H1 2021	24	46%	3%	4 May 2021
H2 2020	23	52%	1%	29 Oct 2020
H1 2020	24	53%	4%	29 Apr 2020
H2 2019	22	52%	3%	17 Oct 2019
H1 2019	20	34%	2%	24 Apr 2019
H2 2018	20	59%	1%	30 Oct 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 3 Jul 1986
Registered office: C/O DWF LLP SENTINEL, GLASGOW, G2 7BW

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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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 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £12,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 30-day cycle — about £9,100 more than the same account would carry at 7-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 · Babcock Support Services Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 5 days slower over the window (25 → 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 23–32 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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