Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk
Scrivens Limited pays suppliers in 29 days on average — inside its 90-day stated terms
Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 61 days inside their stated 90-day term.
- Their stated terms
- 90 days
- Paid outside agreed terms
- 4% of invoices
- Paid after 61+ days
- 4%
- Reporting period
- 27 Oct 2025 – 30 Apr 2026
- Source
- their gov.uk filing, filed 26 May 2026
Self-reported figures from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.
Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing
Paid 61 days inside the 90-day term they state
Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices
The pattern · last 6 of 17 reports
Holding steady around 29 days
The read · computed from their figures
Scrivens Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 29 days against stated terms of 90 days; 4% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 4% took 61 days or longer. Filed 26 May 2026.
The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±7 days period to period.
On the latest reported averages: Faster than 73% of the 815 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.
That is 17 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
Most of our suppliers standard payment terms are 30 days but with some suppliers we have 60 and 90 days payment terms. Therefore, a proportion of invoices that have fallen into 31 to 60 days and 61 days or more category would not have been due for payment. In terms of the percentage of invoices shown as not paid within the agreed terms, most of these payments are paid at the beginning of each calendar month and are therefore only overdue by a few days. Additionally any invoices subject to query with the supplier will have been included in the category of not paid to terms when, in fact, they will be paid once the query has been resolved. To ensure that we maintain excellent relationships with our suppliers and not disrupt the supply chain we always endeavor to pay suppliers to terms.
Dispute resolution
Invoices are entered upon receipt and sent to the relevant department manager for approval. Should the department manager find a discrepancy, a query is raised with the supplier. The AP department monitors invoices that have been received but not approved and if necessary contacts the department manager for an update. It is our policy to pay suppliers to terms and therefore a focus is placed on query resolution to ensure that invoices can still be paid on time. The AP department also reconciles statements from suppliers each month to ensure that all invoices have been received.
Every statutory report on record
Most recent first.
| Period | Avg days | Outside terms | 61+ days | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H1 2026 | 29 | 4% | 4% | 26 May 2026 |
| H2 2025 | 31 | 12% | 10% | 25 Nov 2025 |
| H1 2025 | 18 | 5% | 3% | 23 May 2025 |
| H2 2024 | 25 | 4% | 4% | 26 Nov 2024 |
| H1 2024 | 26 | 13% | 3% | 28 May 2024 |
| H2 2023 | 29 | 10% | 2% | 28 Nov 2023 |
| H1 2023 | 27 | 10% | 2% | 26 May 2023 |
| H2 2022 | 33 | 11% | 3% | 25 Nov 2022 |
| H1 2022 | 29 | 22% | 10% | 30 May 2022 |
| H2 2021 | 31 | 24% | 3% | 2 Dec 2021 |
| H1 2021 | 30 | 26% | 2% | 10 Aug 2021 |
| H2 2020 | 21 | 13% | 3% | 6 Jul 2021 |
| H1 2020 | 25 | 28% | 3% | 9 Sept 2020 |
| H2 2019 | 28 | 28% | 3% | 29 Nov 2019 |
| H1 2019 | 29 | 58% | 3% | 31 May 2019 |
| H2 2018 | 31 | 62% | 5% | 31 May 2019 |
| H1 2018 | 26 | 30% | 2% | 29 May 2018 |
On the public register · Companies House
Company record
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2 Dec 1942
- Registered office
- 60 ISLINGTON ROW MIDDLEWAY, BIRMINGHAM, B15 1PH
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