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B.A.T Services Limited

Registered as B.A.T SERVICES LIMITED. Company number 00221104. 16 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 28 July 2026.

30days 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, B.A.T Services Limited reported that it took an average of 30 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 70% of invoices within 30 days, 20% in 31 to 60 days and 10% after more than 60 days. It said 82% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 52% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 30 June 2025, the average was 26 days, so it is 4 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 22 Dec 2020 26 Jun 2021 30 Dec 2021 19 Jun 2022 24 Dec 2022 28 Jun 2023 21 Dec 2023 23 Jun 2024 23 Dec 2024 26 Jun 2025 22 Dec 2025 30 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 28 Jul 2026 30 70%20%10%82% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 26 Jan 2026 22 82%13%5%75% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 23 Jul 2025 26 81%12%7%71% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 28 Jan 2025 23 77%16%7%76% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 18 Jul 2024 23 75%19%5%75% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 25 Jan 2024 21 79%17%4%77% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 20 Jul 2023 28 63%27%11%64% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 24 Jan 2023 24 70%24%6%63% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 28 Jul 2022 19 82%13%5%66% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 23 Jan 2022 30 64%30%6%61% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 26 Jul 2021 26 73%19%8%64% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 28 Jan 2021 22 74%23%3%59% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 29 Jul 2020 23 71%26%3%57% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 29 Jan 2020 23 78%16%6%69% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 24 Jul 2019 21 71%26%3%55% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 30 Jan 2019 21 70%27%3%54% 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.