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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

SGS United Kingdom Limited pays suppliers in 37 days on average — within its stated 30–60 day terms

CRN 01193985 · Professional & technical services · 1 statutory report on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

37daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 7 days past the shortest term they state (30 days), still within their 60-day upper term.

Slower than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,189 recent filers
Their stated terms
30–60 days
Paid outside agreed terms
14% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
26%
Reporting period
1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 21 Jul 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid within their stated range — 37 against 30–60 days

The read · computed from their figures

SGS United Kingdom Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 37 days against stated terms of 30–60 days; 14% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 26% took 61 days or longer. Filed 21 Jul 2026.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 65% of the 530 large companies reporting in professional & technical services.

That is one statutory period on record (earliest H1 2026) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

30 to 60 days net from date of invoice.

Dispute resolution

A PO is requested for any invoice received without a PO. Disputed invoices are queried between the purchaser and the supplier in the first instance. If the purchaser cannot get to a resolution the query is escalated to local management to assist in resolution. Invoices are not approved for payment until the query is resolved.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20263714%26%21 Jul 2026

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
16 Dec 1974
Registered office
ROSSMORE BUSINESS PARK, SOUTH WIRRAL, CH65 3EN
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 37-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 37-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £14,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 37-day cycle — about £2,800 more than the same account would carry at 30-day terms.

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 · SGS United Kingdom Limited

What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 37. 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 6,189 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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