Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Sage (UK) Ltd pays suppliers in 22 days on average — inside its 30-day stated terms

CRN 01045967 · Information & communication · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2026

22daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 8 days inside their stated 30-day term.

Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers

Their stated terms: 30 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 20% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 1%
Reporting period: 1 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 28 Apr 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid 8 days inside the 30-day term they state

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–40

avg 22d

0 days40 days

reported avg 22 days their filed terms 30 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 95% 31–60 days 4% 61+ days 1%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #110970, period 1 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2026, filed 28 Apr 2026 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Sage (UK) Ltd pays 8 days inside its stated 30-day term. 20% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 1% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2026 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 17 reports

Holding steady around 22 days

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 17 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

Steady around 22 days. Their reported average has moved within about ±1 days period to period; the dashed line marks the 30-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Sage (UK) Ltd's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 22 days against stated terms of 30 days; 20% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 1% took 61 days or longer. Filed 28 Apr 2026.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±1 days period to period.

On the latest reported averages: Faster than 75% of the 476 large companies reporting in information & communication.

That is 17 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

Payment code: Prompt Payment Code, also applied for Fair Payment Code 6% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

https://www.sage.com/en-gb/legal/terms-and-conditions/supplier-terms-and-conditions/

Dispute resolution

Suppliers may raise disputes by emailing or calling a dedicated email address or telephone number. Dispute resolution is as follows: Invoices in dispute go on hold & are discussed between Accounts Department, Internal Budget Holder & Supplier. Once resolved will go on the next available payment run in accordance with payment terms

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	22	20%	1%	28 Apr 2026
H2 2025	23	19%	1%	24 Oct 2025
H1 2025	24	22%	2%	30 Apr 2025
H2 2024	22	27%	1%	31 Oct 2024
H1 2024	22	26%	1%	24 Apr 2024
H2 2023	23	29%	1%	27 Oct 2023
H1 2023	22	25%	1%	25 Apr 2023
H2 2022	23	21%	1%	20 Oct 2022
H1 2022	23	21%	1%	20 Apr 2022
H2 2021	24	21%	1%	25 Oct 2021
H1 2021	23	16%	0%	27 Apr 2021
H2 2020	24	18%	1%	29 Oct 2020
H1 2020	23	27%	1%	30 Apr 2020
H2 2019	19	24%	1%	31 Oct 2019
H1 2019	20	33%	1%	29 Apr 2019
H2 2018	19	27%	1%	26 Oct 2018
H1 2018	21	28%	2%	30 Apr 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 14 Mar 1972
Registered office: C23 - 5 & 6 COBALT PARK WAY, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE28 9EJ

1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Jun 2027

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Quick answers · Sage (UK) Ltd

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average is steady — within about ±1 days period to period, around 22 days.

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 22, 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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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