Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Alexander Dennis Limited paid suppliers in 72 days on average — within its stated 14–90 day terms

CRN SC268016 · Manufacturing · 6 statutory reports on record · period to 27 Dec 2020

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 27 Dec 2020 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

72daysavg time to pay · H2 2020

Their H2 2020 filing put the average 58 days past the shortest term they state (14 days), still within their 90-day upper term.

Their stated terms: 14–90 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 77% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 56%
Reporting period: 30 Jun 2020 – 27 Dec 2020
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 29 Jan 2021

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

Terms vs reality · their H2 2020 filing

Paid within their stated range — 72 against 14–90 days

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reported avg 72 days their filed terms 14–90 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 17% 31–60 days 27% 61+ days 56%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #41845, period 30 Jun 2020 – 27 Dec 2020, filed 29 Jan 2021 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Alexander Dennis Limited paid within its stated range, 58 days past the shortest term. 77% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 56% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H2 2020 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 6 reports

63 → 72 days — slower across the window

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 6 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

9 days slower across the window. From 63 days in H1 2018 to 72 in the H2 2020 filing; the dashed line marks the 14-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Alexander Dennis Limited's H2 2020 filing put their average at 72 days against stated terms of 14–90 days; 77% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 56% took 61 days or longer. Filed 29 Jan 2021.

The direction is slower: from 63 days in H1 2018 to 72 now — 9 days slower across their last 6 reports.

That is 6 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers supply-chain finance

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

90 days from the end of the month in which goods were delivered in the UK or directly to a build site outwith the UK or 90 days from the end of the month in which the performance of services was completed.

Dispute resolution

Alexander Dennis currently utilises an internal payment dispute process. Any concerns over non-payment of invoices should be directed to the FSSC contact in the first instance. The matter will be reviewed by the business area responsible for the purchase order, and if unresolved after 7 days may then be escalated to a site director. If the matter remains unresolved after 10 days, we may finally escalate this to our Group Operations Director where appropriate. In the event that we are unable to resolve a dispute internally, our standard terms are governed by Scots Law and give exclusive jurisdiction to Scottish courts to resolve disputes which cannot be amicably settled.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2020	72	77%	56%	29 Jan 2021
H1 2020	73	67%	62%	6 Jan 2021
H2 2019	63	67%	51%	29 Jan 2020
H1 2019	65	56%	51%	25 Jul 2019
H2 2018	63	61%	51%	21 Feb 2019
H1 2018	63	49%	51%	26 Jul 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 18 May 2004
Registered office: 9 CENTRAL BOULEVARD, LARBERT, FK5 4RU

13 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2026 — overdue

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 72-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 72-day vs a 14-day payment cycle.

≈ £28,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 72-day cycle — about £22,900 more than the same account would carry at 14-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 · Alexander Dennis Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 9 days slower over the window (63 → 72 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report put the average at day 72; across their last 6 reports it ranged 63–73 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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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.

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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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