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British American Tobacco (GLP) Limited

Registered as BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (GLP) LIMITED. Company number 06238103. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 28 July 2026.

43days 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 (GLP) Limited reported that it took an average of 43 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 46% of invoices within 30 days, 45% in 31 to 60 days and 9% after more than 60 days. It said 14% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 25% 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 41 days, so it is 2 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 42 Dec 2020 56 Jun 2021 59 Dec 2021 69 Jun 2022 52 Dec 2022 47 Jun 2023 48 Dec 2023 47 Jun 2024 40 Dec 2024 41 Jun 2025 37 Dec 2025 43 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 43 46%45%9%14% Report
Jun to Dec 2025 28 Jan 2026 37 49%49%2%4% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 24 Jul 2025 41 44%50%6%10% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 28 Jan 2025 40 31%64%5%9% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 25 Jul 2024 47 26%64%10%15% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 23 Jan 2024 48 21%64%15%19% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 24 Jul 2023 47 39%48%14%26% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 24 Jan 2023 52 28%56%16%21% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 25 Jul 2022 69 13%35%52%57% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 28 Jan 2022 59 12%55%33%36% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 28 Jul 2021 56 14%49%37%47% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 29 Jan 2021 42 30%56%13%23% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 29 Jul 2020 53 22%61%17%34% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 29 Jan 2020 54 20%70%10%31% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 30 Jul 2019 53 22%61%17%34% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 29 Jan 2019 58 18%70%12%30% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 27 Jul 2018 56 12%69%19%28% 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.