Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk
Sherwin-Williams Protective & Marine Coatings paid suppliers in 72 days on average — 12 days past its stated terms
Their H2 2021 filing put the average 12 days past the 60-day term they state.
- Their stated terms
- 60 days
- Paid outside agreed terms
- 69% of invoices
- Paid after 61+ days
- 60%
- Reporting period
- 1 Jul 2021 – 30 Sept 2021
- Source
- their gov.uk filing, filed 27 Jan 2022
Self-reported figures from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.
Terms vs reality · their H2 2021 filing
Paid 12 days past their stated terms
Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices
The pattern · last 6 of 8 reports
59 → 72 days — slower across the window
The read · computed from their figures
Sherwin-Williams Protective & Marine Coatings's H2 2021 filing put their average at 72 days against stated terms of 60 days; 69% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 60% took 61 days or longer. Filed 27 Jan 2022.
The direction is slower: from 59 days in H1 2019 to 72 now — 13 days slower across their last 6 reports.
That is 8 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.
What they tell their suppliers
In their own words · from the filing
Standard payment terms
Our standard payment terms are 60 DAYS MEDOI (End of the Month plus 60 days).
Dispute resolution
The business takes resolving disputes related to payment very seriously and looks into them on a case by case basis through our local sourcing manager.
Every statutory report on record
Most recent first.
| Period | Avg days | Outside terms | 61+ days | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H2 2021 | 72 | 69% | 60% | 27 Jan 2022 |
| H1 2021 | 61 | 71% | 61% | 23 Jul 2021 |
| H2 2020 | 60 | 78% | 56% | 29 Jan 2021 |
| H1 2020 | 68 | 65% | 59% | 27 Jul 2020 |
| H2 2019 | 58 | 64% | 49% | 30 Jan 2020 |
| H1 2019 | 59 | 82% | 57% | 29 Jul 2019 |
| H2 2018 | 60 | 69% | 60% | 29 Jan 2019 |
| H1 2018 | 71 | 68% | 62% | 31 Jul 2018 |
Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic
What a 72-day cycle ties up
A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 72-day vs a 60-day payment cycle.
Late Payment Act. The Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 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 · Sherwin-Williams Protective & Marine Coatings
Are they getting slower or faster?
What's their typical pay point?
Can I see what this means for my invoices?
Stay ahead
Watch Sherwin-Williams Protective & Marine Coatings (free)
They haven’t filed a payment report since 27 Jan 2022. We watch their public record and email you when something changes — a new payment report, late filings, insolvency markers, new charges.
You’ll get a confirmation email first. Unsubscribe any time. How we handle your address.
How UK payment reporting works
What is a Payment Practices Report?
What does "paid outside agreed terms" mean?
How often is this data updated?
Is this official government data?
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).
Report PL-00893081 · latest period to 30 Sept 2021
Built by YORXEN LTD · registered in England & Wales · CRN 17303256 · privacy · terms.