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BAE Systems (Military Air) Overseas Limited

Registered as BAE SYSTEMS (MILITARY AIR) OVERSEAS LIMITED. Company number 02564455. 16 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 December 2025, filed 30 January 2026.

17days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 July 2025 to 31 December 2025, BAE Systems (Military Air) Overseas Limited reported that it took an average of 17 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 91% of invoices within 30 days, 7% in 31 to 60 days and 2% after more than 60 days. It said 13% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 86% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 31 December 2024, the average was 14 days, so it is 3 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 9 Jun 2020 13 Dec 2020 17 Jun 2021 19 Dec 2021 16 Jun 2022 14 Dec 2022 20 Jun 2023 15 Dec 2023 14 Jun 2024 14 Dec 2024 17 Jun 2025 17 Dec 2025

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 2025 30 Jan 2026 17 91%7%2%13% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 31 Jul 2025 17 84%12%4%17% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 28 Jan 2025 14 92%7%1%9% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 30 Jul 2024 14 91%8%1%19% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 29 Jan 2024 15 89%9%2%28% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 27 Jul 2023 20 91%6%3%29% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 30 Jan 2023 14 91%7%2%20% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 28 Jul 2022 16 86%12%2%22% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 27 Jan 2022 19 86%9%5%25% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 29 Jul 2021 17 85%11%4%31% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 28 Jan 2021 13 91%9%0%33% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 28 Jul 2020 9 89%11%1%38% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 29 Jan 2020 24 74%19%7%35% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 30 Jul 2019 45 67%17%16%47% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 28 Jan 2019 27 78%14%8%41% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 30 Jul 2018 32 72%20%8%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.