Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does The Symphony Group PLC take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 01022506 · Manufacturing · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

23days

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.

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Public Limited Company
Incorporated: 27 Aug 1971
Registered office: PEN HILL ESTATE, BARNSLEY, S72 7EZ

3 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Jun 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 1–60 days. Reported average: 23.

Stated terms1–60d

+22 days

Reported avg23d

At a glance

The key figures

1–60d

their stated terms

26%

invoices paid outside terms

-6d

faster over the window

±11d

variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Faster than 95% of the 992 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 1d

H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 71% 31–60 days 13% 61+ days 16%

The read · computed from their figures

The Symphony Group PLC has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 23 days against stated terms of 1–60 days.

The direction is faster: from 29 to 23 days over the window — about 6 days faster.

In the latest period 26% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 16% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

EOM + 30 days

Dispute resolution

All queries are directed to the relevant department managers who follow a standard credit control process.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	23	26%	16%	23 Jul 2026
H2 2025	44	21%	21%	28 Jan 2026
H1 2025	24	16%	16%	23 Jul 2025
H2 2024	28	16%	16%	28 Jan 2025
H1 2024	24	17%	17%	25 Jul 2024
H2 2023	29	15%	20%	24 Jan 2024
H1 2023	28	20%	20%	19 Jul 2023
H2 2022	32	15%	21%	31 Jan 2023
H1 2022	34	17%	23%	20 Jul 2022
H2 2021	33	16%	23%	28 Jan 2022
H1 2021	35	19%	21%	26 Jul 2021
H2 2020	31	12%	21%	27 Jan 2021
H1 2020	27	17%	18%	20 Jul 2020
H2 2019	28	15%	19%	27 Jan 2020
H1 2019	27	15%	17%	17 Jul 2019
H2 2018	26	17%	17%	30 Jan 2019
H1 2018	28	15%	18%	26 Jul 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 23-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 23-day vs a 1-day payment cycle.

≈ £9,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 23-day cycle — about £8,700 more than the same account would carry at 1-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 6 days faster over the window (29 → 23 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 23, moving within about ±11 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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