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British American Tobacco UK Limited

Registered as BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO UK LIMITED. Company number 02346565. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 28 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 UK Limited reported that it took an average of 44 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 40% of invoices within 30 days, 36% in 31 to 60 days and 24% after more than 60 days. It said 22% 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. A year earlier, in the period to 30 June 2025, the average was 39 days, so it is 5 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 36 Dec 2020 39 Jun 2021 40 Dec 2021 44 Jun 2022 44 Dec 2022 38 Jun 2023 38 Dec 2023 40 Jun 2024 36 Dec 2024 39 Jun 2025 41 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 28 Jul 2026 44 40%36%24%22% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 28 Jan 2026 41 46%35%19%16% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 29 Jul 2025 39 44%46%10%17% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 28 Jan 2025 36 48%40%12%12% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 23 Jul 2024 40 47%40%13%11% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 23 Jan 2024 38 49%39%12%14% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 27 Jul 2023 38 48%43%9%16% Report
Jun to Dec 2022 31 Jan 2023 44 43%37%20%5% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 27 Jul 2022 44 40%43%15%2% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 28 Jan 2022 40 47%38%15%28% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 29 Jul 2021 39 44%42%14%26% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 28 Jan 2021 36 49%39%12%2% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 29 Jul 2020 34 47%46%7%7% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 30 Jan 2020 29 59%35%6%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 30 Jul 2019 32 51%35%14%6% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 30 Jan 2019 33 57%37%6%5% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 27 Jul 2018 31 63%30%7%34% 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.