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How long does Spirax-sarco Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00509018 · Manufacturing · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

40days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Well behindvs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

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

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On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
19 Jun 1952
Registered office
CHARLTON HOUSE, CHELTENHAM, GL53 8ER
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 0–90 days. Reported average: 40.

Stated terms0–90d
+40 days
Reported avg40d

At a glance

The key figures

0–90d
their stated terms
67%
invoices paid outside terms
+8d
slower over the window
±5d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 63% of the 992 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

32
31
31
37
38
40
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 43% 31–60 days 39% 61+ days 18%

The read · computed from their figures

Spirax-sarco Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 40 days against stated terms of 0–90 days.

The direction is slower: from 32 to 40 days over the window — about 8 days slower.

In the latest period 67% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 18% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

60 Days end of month.

Dispute resolution

Business will work with supplier and follow internal processes to ensure goods have been received/services provided and that outstanding amounts due to the supplier can be resolved and settled as soon as possible.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20264067%18%29 Jul 2026
H2 20253865%16%30 Jan 2026
H1 20253767%11%12 Sept 2025
H2 20243185%4%29 Jan 2025
H1 20243185%4%29 Jan 2025
H2 20233280%4%29 Jan 2025
H1 20233486%6%29 Jan 2025
H2 20223084%5%29 Jan 2025
H1 20223189%4%29 Jan 2025
H2 20212983%3%29 Jan 2025
H1 20213286%4%29 Jan 2025
H2 20203178%4%29 Jan 2025
H1 20203385%4%29 Jan 2025
H2 20193281%5%29 Jan 2025
H1 20193322%5%12 Aug 2019
H2 20183322%7%1 Feb 2019
H1 20183221%6%31 Jul 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 40-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 40-day vs a 0-day payment cycle.

≈ £16,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 40-day cycle — about £15,800 more than the same account would carry at 0-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 8 days slower over the window (32 → 40 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 40, moving within about ±5 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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