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How long does Sertec Auto Structures (UK) Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00719490 · Manufacturing · 8 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2022

74days
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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Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 31 Mar 2022 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
28 Mar 1962
Registered office
WINCASTER HOUSE GORSEY LANE, BIRMINGHAM, B46 1JU
3 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 7–90 days. Reported average: 74.

Stated terms7–90d
+67 days
Reported avg74d

At a glance

The key figures

7–90d
their stated terms
35%
invoices paid outside terms
+5d
slower over the window
±18d
variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 93% of the 992 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 7d
69
108
80
49
84
74
H2 2019H1 2020H2 2020H1 2021H2 2021H1 2022

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 21% 31–60 days 39% 61+ days 40%

The read · computed from their figures

Sertec Auto Structures (UK) Limited has filed 8 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 74 days against stated terms of 7–90 days.

The direction is slower: from 69 to 74 days over the window — about 5 days slower.

In the latest period 35% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 40% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Sertec does not have standard payment terms. Payment terms are agreed with suppliers as part of contract negotiations. The most common payment terms of invoices paid in the period 30 days DOI, 60 days DOI and 30 Days EOM (invoices payable on the last day of the month following) which equated to circa 45 days average and 60 Days EOM (invoices payable on the last day of the month following) which equated to circa 75 days average.

Dispute resolution

Any disputes will be investigated by the accounts payable team by liaising with the supplier.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20227435%40%12 Dec 2022
H2 20218460%52%12 Dec 2022
H1 20214931%35%21 Sept 2021
H2 20208031%38%21 Sept 2021
H1 202010849%50%21 Sept 2021
H2 20196922%38%10 Mar 2020
H1 20197634%47%10 Mar 2020
H2 20187334%49%10 Mar 2020

Working-capital effect

What a 74-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 74-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £29,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 74-day cycle — about £26,400 more than the same account would carry at 7-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 5 days slower over the window (69 → 74 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 74, moving within about ±18 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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