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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Sodexo Limited pays suppliers in 38 days on average — inside its 60-day stated terms

CRN 00842846 · Professional & technical services · 18 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Aug 2026

38daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 22 days inside their stated 60-day term.

Slower than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
60 days
Paid outside agreed terms
6% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
5%
Reporting period
1 Mar 2026 – 31 Aug 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 23 Sept 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid 22 days inside the 60-day term they state

The pattern · last 6 of 18 reports

32 → 38 days — slowing down

The read · computed from their figures

Sodexo Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 38 days against stated terms of 60 days; 6% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 5% took 61 days or longer. Filed 23 Sept 2026.

The direction is slower: from 32 days in H1 2024 to 38 now — 6 days slower across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 66% of the 510 large companies reporting in professional & technical services.

That is 18 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

Payment code: Fair Payment Code Silver Tier Offers e-invoicing Offers supply-chain finance 1% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

A process is in place for onboarding new suppliers whereby SMEs are identified and put on 30 days payment terms and all other suppliers are on 60 days payment terms

Dispute resolution

Supplier payment issues that arise in the first instance are addressed by a dedicated Accounts Payable queries team within the Financial Shared Services centre. Depending on the issue, the Procurement team may be involved to resolve any disputes or issues. Sodexo ensures that the payment of its vendors and handling of queries has a high priority and has SLAs on response times. Over the last number of years we have invested in tools and technology to assist our vendor from our Shared Service Centre with OCR and supply management by providing alternative finance and ease of payment solutions.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2026386%5%23 Sept 2026
H1 2026387%5%31 Mar 2026
H1 2025334%2%29 Sept 2025
H1 2025334%3%27 Mar 2025
H1 2024334%2%26 Sept 2024
H1 2024324%4%26 Mar 2024
H1 2023344%3%27 Sept 2023
H1 2023367%6%24 Mar 2023
H1 2022375%4%28 Sept 2022
H1 2022365%4%31 Mar 2022
H1 2021386%4%29 Sept 2021
H1 20214712%5%30 Mar 2021
H1 2020464%3%30 Sept 2020
H1 20205011%25%31 Mar 2020
H1 2019588%50%30 Sept 2019
H1 20197118%68%29 Mar 2019
H1 20186714%60%28 Sept 2018
H1 20186419%58%29 Mar 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
26 Mar 1965
Registered office
ONE, LONDON, WC1B 5HA
4 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 May 2027

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Quick answers · Sodexo Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 6 days slower over the window (32 → 38 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report puts the average at day 38; across their last 6 reports it ranged 32–38 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
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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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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