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How long does DS Smith Packaging Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00630681 · Manufacturing · 18 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

86days
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
18 Jun 1959
Registered office
LEVEL 3, LONDON, W2 1DL
2 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 90–120 days. Reported average: 86.

Stated terms90–120d
-4 days
Reported avg86d

At a glance

The key figures

90–120d
their stated terms
7%
invoices paid outside terms
+10d
slower over the window
±5d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 97% of the 992 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 90d
76
79
76
81
84
86
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 7% 31–60 days 22% 61+ days 71%

The read · computed from their figures

DS Smith Packaging Limited has filed 18 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2017). Their latest report puts the average at 86 days against stated terms of 90–120 days.

The direction is slower: from 76 to 86 days over the window — about 10 days slower.

In the latest period 7% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 71% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers supply-chain finance

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

90 days

Dispute resolution

Complaints or concerns should be raised in the first instance with the Accounts Payable team, for which all suppliers have contact details. The Accounts Payable team will escalate where applicable to the Accounts Payable team leader, and the Group legal team.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2026867%71%29 Jul 2026
H2 2025847%70%30 Jan 2026
H1 2025818%72%29 May 2025
H2 2024769%65%29 Nov 2024
H1 2024798%66%29 May 2024
H2 2023769%64%28 Nov 2023
H1 2023709%55%26 May 2023
H2 20227712%57%30 Nov 2022
H1 20227714%65%30 May 2022
H2 20217811%64%26 Nov 2021
H1 20217911%61%28 May 2021
H2 20207912%62%27 Nov 2020
H1 20208014%61%28 May 2020
H2 20198217%62%28 Nov 2019
H1 20198018%62%30 May 2019
H2 20187521%58%28 Nov 2018
H1 20187422%58%31 May 2018
H2 20178422%49%30 Nov 2017

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 10 days slower over the window (76 → 86 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 86, 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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