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How long does S & U PLC take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00342025 · Financial services · 4 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Jul 2024

17days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

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

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Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 31 Jul 2024 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Public Limited Company
Incorporated
1 Jul 1938
Registered office
2 STRATFORD COURT CRANMORE BOULEVARD, SOLIHULL, B90 4QT
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Jul 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 14–365 days. Reported average: 17.

Stated terms14–365d
+3 days
Reported avg17d

At a glance

The key figures

14–365d
their stated terms
0%
invoices paid outside terms
+3d
slower over the window
±2d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 71% of the 661 large companies reporting in financial services.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 4 statutory reports.

terms 14d
14
16
17
17
H1 2023H1 2023H1 2024H1 2024

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 89% 31–60 days 10% 61+ days 0%

The read · computed from their figures

S & U PLC has filed 4 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2023). Their latest report puts the average at 17 days against stated terms of 14–365 days.

The direction is slower: from 14 to 17 days over the window — about 3 days slower.

In the latest period 0% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 0% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

30 DAYS

Dispute resolution

We ask our suppliers to email our accounts department and advise that all queries will be dealt with within 3 days

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2024170%0%23 Aug 2024
H1 2024170%0%1 Mar 2024
H1 2023160%0%24 Aug 2023
H1 2023140%1%17 Feb 2023

Working-capital effect

What a 17-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 17-day vs a 14-day payment cycle.

≈ £6,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 17-day cycle — about £1,200 more than the same account would carry at 14-day terms.

Late Payment Act. The Late Payment of Commercial Debts Act 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

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 3 days slower over the window (14 → 17 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 17, moving within about ±2 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
Can I see what this means for my invoices?
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How UK payment reporting works

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?
Each report covers a six-month period and must be filed within 30 days of that period ending, so a company's record refreshes roughly twice a year. PaidLate re-reads the register as new reports are filed.
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 6,185 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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