Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Southampton Isle of Wight and South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Company Limited pays suppliers in 38 days on average — within its stated 30–45 day terms

CRN 00002404 · Transport & storage · 9 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

38daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 8 days past the shortest term they state (30 days), still within their 45-day upper term.

Slower than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers

Their stated terms: 30–45 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 46% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 6%
Reporting period: 1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 30 Jul 2026

Self-reported figures from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid within their stated range — 38 against 30–45 days

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–50

avg 38d

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reported avg 38 days their filed terms 30–45 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 36% 31–60 days 58% 61+ days 6%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #115480, period 1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026, filed 30 Jul 2026 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Southampton Isle of Wight and South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Company Limited pays within its stated range, 8 days past the shortest term. 46% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 6% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2026 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 9 reports

29 → 38 days — slowing down

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 9 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

9 days slower across the window. From 29 days in H2 2019 to 38 in the H1 2026 filing; the dashed line marks the 30-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Southampton Isle of Wight and South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Company Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 38 days against stated terms of 30–45 days; 46% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 6% took 61 days or longer. Filed 30 Jul 2026.

The direction is slower: from 29 days in H2 2019 to 38 now — 9 days slower across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 61% of the 245 large companies reporting in transport & storage.

That is 9 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

The business's main standard payment terms are "30 Days End Of Month", which has been shown above as 45 Days.

Dispute resolution

We value our supplier relationships. In the event of a query, the business and finance teams work with the supplier to ensure all issues are dealt with as quickly as possible.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	38	46%	6%	30 Jul 2026
H2 2025	42	47%	8%	29 Jan 2026
H1 2025	44	53%	10%	24 Jul 2025
H2 2024	43	55%	8%	30 Jan 2025
H1 2024	44	57%	11%	3 Oct 2024
H2 2019	29	47%	7%	23 Jan 2020
H1 2019	28	56%	13%	9 Aug 2019
H2 2018	24	45%	8%	9 Aug 2019
H1 2018	39	68%	11%	17 Sept 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 10 Sept 1861
Registered office: 12 BUGLE STREET, HAMPSHIRE, SO14 2JY

39 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 28 Sept 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 38-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 38-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £15,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 38-day cycle — about £3,200 more than the same account would carry at 30-day terms.

Late Payment Act. The Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 lets a supplier charge statutory interest and fixed compensation on invoices paid past agreed terms. Work out what a late invoice is worth → Whether it applies depends on your contract — check with an adviser.

Quick answers · Southampton Isle of Wight and South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Company Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 9 days slower over the window (29 → 38 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report puts the average at day 38; across their last 6 reports it ranged 29–44 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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What is a Payment Practices Report?

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What does "paid outside agreed terms" mean?

The share of invoices paid later than the terms in the supplier contract. If terms are 30 days and an invoice is paid on day 45, it counts as paid outside terms, regardless of the headline average.

How often is this data updated?

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Is this official government data?

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How this is compiled. Built from official records only: Companies House and the gov.uk payment-practices service. The payment figures are self-reported — companies over the size threshold must file them by law and the board signs them off. No credit-agency data. The numbers are theirs; the plain-English read is ours. This is information compiled from public records under the Open Government Licence v3.0 — not a credit rating and not advice.

The 31-day comparison figure is the median across 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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