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How long does Dow Chemical Company Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00537161 · Manufacturing · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Dec 2025

50days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Slower 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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On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
20 Aug 1954
Registered office
5 OAKWATER AVENUE, CHEADLE, SK8 3SR
1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30 days. Reported average: 50.

Stated terms30d
+20 days
Reported avg50d

At a glance

The key figures

30d
their stated terms
12%
invoices paid outside terms
-17d
faster over the window
±1d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 58% of the 992 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d
67
50
51
50
52
50
H1 2023H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 18% 31–60 days 30% 61+ days 52%

The read · computed from their figures

Dow Chemical Company Limited has filed 16 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 50 days against stated terms of 30 days.

The direction is faster: from 67 to 50 days over the window — about 17 days faster.

In the latest period 12% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 52% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing Offers supply-chain finance

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

NET 60 NET 30 NET 45

Dispute resolution

A supplier invoice can be received either in paper or PDF format. The paper invoice will be barcoded and scanned, the PDF invoice will be uploaded into the ERP system. Invoices with a purchase order. A first pass attempt to post the invoice in the financial book of records will be executed, whereby the invoice amounts and quantities will be matched versus the purchase order. In case of discrepancies, an internal follow up will be performed with the purchase requisitioner or goods receiver for the quantity part and/or with the buyer for unit price deviations. If the discrepancy cannot be solved and are rejected by the internal partners, the invoice will be rejected and sent back to supplier with the request to issue a corrective invoice or (partial) credit note. If the discrepancy has

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H2 20255012%52%27 Mar 2026
H1 2025527%52%14 Oct 2025
H2 20245010%46%17 Feb 2025
H1 20245112%52%24 Jul 2024
H2 20235012%45%2 Feb 2024
H1 20236713%50%19 Jul 2023
H2 2022549%44%1 Feb 2023
H1 2022507%46%22 Jul 2022
H2 2021508%49%2 Feb 2022
H1 20215110%42%19 Aug 2021
H2 2020499%31%9 Feb 2021
H1 20204914%33%3 Aug 2020
H2 20194712%29%4 Feb 2020
H1 20195116%27%13 Aug 2019
H2 20185326%29%28 Jan 2019
H1 20184823%24%19 Jul 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 50-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 50-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £19,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 50-day cycle — about £7,900 more than the same account would carry at 30-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 17 days faster over the window (67 → 50 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 50, moving within about ±1 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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