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How long does Optos Public Limited Company take to pay its suppliers?

CRN SC139953 · Manufacturing · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2026

47days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Slower 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
Public Limited Company
Incorporated
26 Aug 1992
Registered office
QUEENSFERRY HOUSE, DUNFERMLINE, KY11 8GR
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30–45 days. Reported average: 47.

Stated terms30–45d
+17 days
Reported avg47d

At a glance

The key figures

30–45d
their stated terms
2%
invoices paid outside terms
+10d
slower over the window
±5d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 52% of the 992 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d
37
43
42
42
38
47
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 37% 31–60 days 41% 61+ days 22%

The read · computed from their figures

Optos Public Limited Company has filed 16 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 47 days against stated terms of 30–45 days.

The direction is slower: from 37 to 47 days over the window — about 10 days slower.

In the latest period 2% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 22% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Our standard payment terms are 45 days

Dispute resolution

Dispute resolution process – Initially via accounts payable team and then through escalation to appropriate team. To resolve a dispute the supplier is required to provide any missing information or a corrected invoice. Optos follow a strict no purchase order no pay policy. The purchase order is communicated by Optos's procurement team at the time of placing the order.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2026472%22%12 May 2026
H2 2025382%12%1 Nov 2025
H1 2025421%16%30 Apr 2025
H2 2024420%14%31 Oct 2024
H1 2024430%15%24 Apr 2024
H2 2023371%8%30 Nov 2023
H1 2023490%27%6 May 2023
H2 2022370%11%26 Oct 2022
H1 2022380%13%28 Apr 2022
H2 2021400%12%30 Oct 2021
H1 2021490%22%28 Apr 2021
H2 2020470%22%28 Oct 2020
H1 2020390%11%1 May 2020
H2 2019370%9%23 Oct 2019
H1 2019370%8%30 Apr 2019
H1 2018350%4%30 Oct 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 47-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 47-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £18,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 47-day cycle — about £6,700 more than the same account would carry at 30-day terms.

Late Payment Act. The Late Payment of Commercial Debts Act 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

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 10 days slower over the window (37 → 47 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 47, moving within about ±5 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
Can I see what this means for my invoices?
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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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