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B.A.T (U.K. and Export) Limited

Registered as B.A.T (U.K. AND EXPORT) LIMITED. Company number 00239762. 8 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 December 2021, filed 23 January 2022.

29days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 July 2021 to 31 December 2021, B.A.T (U.K. and Export) Limited reported that it took an average of 29 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 53% of invoices within 30 days, 47% in 31 to 60 days and 0% after more than 60 days. It said 7% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

A year earlier, in the period to 31 December 2020, the average was 36 days, so it is 7 days faster now.

This company has not filed a report for a period ending since May 2025, so it is not in our current tables. Companies stop reporting when they no longer meet the size test, are restructured or close.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 30 Jun 2018 33 Dec 2018 34 Jun 2019 31 Dec 2019 35 Jun 2020 36 Dec 2020 43 Jun 2021 29 Dec 2021

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
Jul to Dec 2021 23 Jan 2022 29 53%47%0%7% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 26 Jul 2021 43 81%2%17%13% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 28 Jan 2021 36 56%27%17%18% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 29 Jul 2020 35 44%46%10%21% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 30 Jan 2020 31 54%37%9%31% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 26 Jul 2019 34 47%44%9%28% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 29 Jan 2019 33 46%47%7%21% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 27 Jul 2018 30 52%43%5%22% 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.