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British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited

Registered as BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED. Company number 00074974. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 29 July 2026.

44days on average to pay

  • Within 30 days
  • 31 to 60 days
  • Over 60 days

In the reporting period from 1 January 2026 to 30 June 2026, British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited reported that it took an average of 44 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 40% of invoices within 30 days, 39% in 31 to 60 days and 21% after more than 60 days. It said 11% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 23% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. It is unchanged on the same period a year earlier (to 30 June 2025). It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses at a standard rate of 3%.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 45 Dec 2020 46 Jun 2021 42 Dec 2021 42 Jun 2022 44 Dec 2022 42 Jun 2023 42 Dec 2023 44 Jun 2024 43 Dec 2024 44 Jun 2025 42 Dec 2025 44 Jun 2026

Bars are labelled with the month the period ended. The dashed line marks 30 days.

Every report filed

PeriodFiledAverage daysWithin 30 days31 to 60Over 60Not within termsSource
Jan to Jun 2026 29 Jul 2026 44 40%39%21%11% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 26 Jan 2026 42 50%32%18%10% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 24 Jul 2025 44 50%30%20%8% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 28 Jan 2025 43 46%36%18%10% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 18 Jul 2024 44 46%32%21%9% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 25 Jan 2024 42 48%32%20%18% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 20 Jul 2023 42 42%39%19%24% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 24 Jan 2023 44 36%41%23%27% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 28 Jul 2022 42 47%32%21%37% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 26 Jan 2022 42 44%38%18%24% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 26 Jul 2021 46 41%35%24%17% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 28 Jan 2021 45 39%36%25%17% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 29 Jul 2020 41 41%38%21%19% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 30 Jan 2020 53 43%34%23%22% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 24 Jul 2019 40 41%44%15%19% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 30 Jan 2019 37 51%38%11%14% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 30 Jul 2018 41 42%43%15%17% Report

Source: the company's filings on Check payment practices. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are as filed. We do not change them.