Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

E D & F Man Sugar Limited paid suppliers in 5 days on average — within its stated 1–180 day terms

CRN 00489204 · Wholesale & retail trade · 2 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2019

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 31 Mar 2019 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

5daysavg time to pay · H1 2019

Their H1 2019 filing put the average 4 days past the shortest term they state (1 days), still within their 180-day upper term.

Their stated terms: 1–180 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 20% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 0%
Reporting period: 1 Apr 2018 – 31 Mar 2019
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 18 Jul 2019

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2019 filing

Paid within their stated range — 5 against 1–180 days

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–195

avg 5d

0 days195 days

reported avg 5 days their filed terms 1–180 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 99% 31–60 days 1% 61+ days 0%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #17394, period 1 Apr 2018 – 31 Mar 2019, filed 18 Jul 2019 · gov.uk payment-practices service

E D & F Man Sugar Limited paid within its stated range, 4 days past the shortest term. 20% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 0% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2019 filing.

The read · computed from their figures

E D & F Man Sugar Limited's H1 2019 filing put their average at 5 days against stated terms of 1–180 days; 20% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 0% took 61 days or longer. Filed 18 Jul 2019.

That is 2 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

Payment code: SUGAR ASSOCIATION STANDARD OF PAYMENTS Offers supply-chain finance

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

STANDARD CONTRACTUAL TERMS FOR GOODS AND SERVICES IS VARIED LONGEST STANDARD PAYMENT PERIOD IS: CAD 20 DAYS INV 30 DAYS INV 60 DAYS LETTER OF CREDIT 180 DAYS

Dispute resolution

THE INVOICE IS PASSED TO THE RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUAL AUTHORISED TO ACCEPT OR REJECT THE INVOICE. IN THE CASE OF A DISPUTE THE INDIVIDUAL WILL CONTACT THE SUPPLIER TO RAISE THE QUERY. THE SUPPLIER AND THE AUTHORISING PERSON WILL RESOLVE THE DISPUTE; THE DISPUTED INVOICE WILL BE TREATED ON AN ADHOC BASIS AS ITS DEFINED BY THEIR UNDERLYING CONTRACT TERMS. ONCE RESOLUTION IS REACHED THE INVOICE WILL THEN BE CLEARED FOR PAYMENT

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2019	5	20%	0%	18 Jul 2019
H1 2018	5	18%	0%	30 Apr 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 8 Dec 1950
Registered office: LEVEL 8, 123, LONDON, SW1W 9SH

24 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 5-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 5-day vs a 1-day payment cycle.

≈ £2,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 5-day cycle — about £1,600 more than the same account would carry at 1-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 · E D & F Man Sugar Limited

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Their latest reports averaged around day 5. 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?

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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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