Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does St. Modwen Developments Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00892832 · Construction · 12 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Dec 2023

24days

their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period

Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

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

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 31 Dec 2023 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 Nov 1966
Registered office: 13TH FLOOR NOVA SOUTH, LONDON, SW1E 5LB

1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 14–45 days. Reported average: 24.

Stated terms14–45d

+10 days

Reported avg24d

At a glance

The key figures

14–45d

their stated terms

10%

invoices paid outside terms

-5d

faster over the window

±1d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Faster than 83% of the 385 large companies reporting in construction.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 14d

H1 2021H2 2021H1 2022H2 2022H1 2023H2 2023

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 87% 31–60 days 10% 61+ days 3%

The read · computed from their figures

St. Modwen Developments Limited has filed 12 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 24 days against stated terms of 14–45 days.

The direction is faster: from 29 to 24 days over the window — about 5 days faster.

In the latest period 10% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 3% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Payment code: Prompt Payment Code

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

St. Modwen Developments Ltd’s standard supplier payment terms are ’45 days from date of invoice’. Subcontractor suppliers are paid more quickly in line with their contract. Payment of any amount ascertained in accordance with the Contract under an Interim Application (if any) to the Contractor shall become due 28 days after the Application Date ("Payment Due Date"). St. Modwen Developments Ltd is committed to supporting SMEs which are therefore paid on shorter terms, between 14 and 30 days.

Dispute resolution

St. Modwen Developments Ltd is committed to fair dealing with all of its supply chain members, and transparency and swift resolution of disputed items are key principles in this process. If a dispute arises the parties will attempt, in good faith, to reach settlement as soon as possible. If the dispute is not resolved it shall be referred to expert determination.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2023	24	10%	3%	31 Jan 2024
H1 2023	24	15%	3%	31 Jul 2023
H2 2022	23	12%	3%	24 Jan 2023
H1 2022	22	10%	2%	26 Jul 2022
H2 2021	23	11%	2%	27 Jan 2022
H1 2021	29	22%	6%	29 Jun 2021
H2 2020	34	39%	8%	22 Dec 2020
H1 2020	32	34%	5%	29 Jun 2020
H2 2019	34	28%	5%	24 Dec 2019
H1 2019	36	21%	9%	24 Jun 2019
H2 2018	37	20%	9%	20 Dec 2018
H1 2018	31	15%	10%	22 Jun 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 24-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 24-day vs a 14-day payment cycle.

≈ £9,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 24-day cycle — about £3,900 more than the same account would carry at 14-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 faster over the window (29 → 24 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 24, moving within about ±1 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 6,185 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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