NIDEC CONTROL TECHNIQUES LIMITED demonstrates a heavily back-weighted payment pattern, with 83% of payments settling beyond 60 days and an average payment time of 77 days, indicating a structural tendency toward extended payment cycles rather than isolated delays. Only 7% of payments are made within 30 days, suggesting that early or on-time settlement is the exception rather than the norm. This distribution points to a consistent and entrenched slow-payment behaviour rather than a temporary or improving trend.
With 21% of payments classified as late on top of already extended payment terms, there is a meaningful layer of unpredictability beyond the baseline 77-day average, increasing cash flow risk for suppliers. The narrow concentration of payments in the 31-60 day band (only 10%) indicates little middle-ground behaviour, meaning payments tend to cluster at the extreme end of the cycle. This low spread across early payment brackets reduces predictability and makes reliable cash flow forecasting difficult for suppliers relying on this account.
NIDEC CONTROL TECHNIQUES LIMITED presents a high payment risk profile, characterised by a 77-day average, an 83% over-60-day payment rate, and a 21% late payment incidence, making it unsuitable for suppliers with tight liquidity requirements. Suppliers should consider negotiating contractual payment terms that reflect actual payment behaviour, incorporating late payment penalties or interest clauses as a protective measure. Where onboarding this client is commercially necessary, building a minimum 90-day receivables buffer and requiring partial upfront payment or deposit arrangements is strongly advisable.
| Reporting Period | Filing Date | Average Time to Pay (days) | Paid within 30 days | Paid 31-60 days | Paid after 60 days | Not Paid within Terms |
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| 01 Apr 2025 - 30 Sept 2025 | 30 Oct 2025 | 77 | 7% | 10% | 83% | 21% |
| 01 Oct 2024 - 31 Mar 2025 | 15 Jul 2025 | 73 | 10% | 9% | 81% | 20% |
| 01 Apr 2024 - 30 Sept 2024 | 15 Jul 2025 | 77 | 4% | 11% | 85% | 21% |
This information is as reported by the business, and responses are in their own words.
Standard payment terms
Standard payment term is 5th 3rd prox.
Were there any changes to the standard payment terms in the reporting period?
No information available
Any other information about payment terms
No additional information
Maximum contractual payment period agreed
155
Nidec Control Techniques Limited builds and develops relationships with its suppliers and in the first instance would always look to settle any dispute through amicable discussion. Formal dispute resolution mechanisms vary depending on the contract.
Has this business signed up to a code of conduct or standards on payment practices?
For example, signatories to The Prompt Payment Code must commit to paying 95% of their invoices within 60 days.
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Does this business offer e-invoicing in relation to qualifying contracts?
This is where suppliers can electronically submit and track invoices. It's not just allowing suppliers to email them an invoice.
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Does this business offer supply chain finance?
This is where a supplier who has submitted an invoice can be paid by a third-party finance provider earlier than the agreed payment date. The business would then pay the finance provider the invoiced sum.
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Under its payment practices and policies, can this business deduct sums from payments under qualifying contracts as a charge for remaining on a supplier list?
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During the reporting period, did the business deduct sums from payments as a charge for remaining on a supplier list?
No information available
Nidec Control Techniques Limited, registered in Powys, was previously known as Control Techniques Limited and, before that, Sevtone Limited. Its stated business activities are the manufacture of electronic industrial process control equipment and activities of a head office. The company is majority owned, with 75% or more of shares held, by Nidec Europe Bv, a Netherlands-registered entity, indicating it operates as part of the wider Nidec corporate group rather than as an independent trading concern. No further detail on specific products, customers or operations is available from the supplied evidence, though the SIC classification points to industrial control equipment manufacturing as its core registered activity.
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