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Merck Sharp & Dohme (UK) Limited pays suppliers in 36 days on average — inside its 90-day stated terms

CRN 00233687 · Professional & technical services · 12 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

36daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 54 days inside their stated 90-day term.

Slower than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
90 days
Paid outside agreed terms
16% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
30%
Reporting period
1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 16 Jul 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid 54 days inside the 90-day term they state

The pattern · last 6 of 12 reports

41 → 36 days — getting faster

The read · computed from their figures

Merck Sharp & Dohme (UK) Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 36 days against stated terms of 90 days; 16% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 30% took 61 days or longer. Filed 16 Jul 2026.

The direction is faster: from 41 days in H2 2023 to 36 now — 5 days faster across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 63% of the 510 large companies reporting in professional & technical services.

That is 12 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2020) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

standard payment terms are 90

Dispute resolution

All enquiries and complains can be logged with our dedicated helpdesk. Issues generally relate to the correct invoice submissions including incorrect amounts, incorrect/missing PO and VAT numbers. The metrics of the help desk are reviewed for quality and effectiveness quarterly.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20263616%30%16 Jul 2026
H2 20253667%25%22 Jan 2026
H1 20254115%30%28 Jul 2025
H2 2024378%31%10 Jan 2025
H1 2024409%33%4 Jul 2024
H2 20234128%39%26 Jan 2024
H1 20235830%54%2 Aug 2023
H2 20225721%47%31 Jan 2023
H1 20226425%52%26 Jul 2022
H2 20216719%62%26 Jan 2022
H1 20216420%54%25 Aug 2021
H2 2020143%1%26 Aug 2021

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
29 Sept 1928
Registered office
120 MOORGATE, LONDON, EC2M 6UR
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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Quick answers · Merck Sharp & Dohme (UK) Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 5 days faster over the window (41 → 36 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report puts the average at day 36; across their last 6 reports it ranged 36–41 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?
UK companies and LLPs above a size threshold — broadly, two of: turnover over £54m, balance sheet over £27m, or more than 250 employees — must report twice a year, under the Reporting on Payment Practices and Performance Regulations 2017, how quickly they actually pay suppliers: the average time to pay, the share of invoices paid in 30 days or fewer, 31 to 60 days and 61 days or longer, and their standard payment terms. Those thresholds apply to financial years beginning on or after 6 April 2025; for earlier financial years they were £36m and £18m, with the same 250-employee test.
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?
The underlying payment figures come from the company's own statutory filings on the gov.uk payment-practices service; company-status data comes from Companies House. PaidLate calculates trends, comparisons and summaries from those records. It does not use surveys or credit-agency scores.

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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