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A supplier’s note on who pays when

One question before you invoice: how do they actually pay?

Qualifying large UK companies publish records about their own payment behaviour. PaidLate turns the latest filing into a short note you can read before agreeing terms.

Reads the Companies House file live, plus the gov.uk payment-practices register rebuilt weekly from the published export.

Payment noteSERCO LIMITED
H1 2026 FILING
Standard terms reported21 days for SMEs; otherwise 30
Average time to pay14 days
Paid after agreed terms6% of qualifying invoices
Filed24 July 2026

In this filing, the reported average sits inside the shortest standard term. The record does not need a warning badge to be useful.

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Reading the public record

Read it like a supplier, not an analyst.

The filing is useful because it answers practical questions about cash. PaidLate keeps the terms, average and late-payment share separate.

QUESTION 01

How long is the wait?

Compare the company’s standard terms with its reported average time to pay.

QUESTION 02

How often is it late?

Read the proportion of qualifying invoices paid after the agreed date.

QUESTION 03

Which filing is this?

Keep the reporting period and filing date beside the figures. Payment behaviour can change.

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One public filing, reduced to the questions a supplier actually needs answered.

PaidLate reads the UK Government Payment Practices Reporting export and matches the result to the company’s Companies House record. Every company page shows the filing period and the measures used in its summary.