Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does E D & F Man Services Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 01530457 · Administrative & support services · 3 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Dec 2025

38days

their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period

Slower 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: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 26 Nov 1980
Registered office: LEVEL 8, 123, LONDON, SW1W 9SH

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30 days. Reported average: 38.

Stated terms30d

+8 days

Reported avg38d

At a glance

The key figures

30d

their stated terms

37%

invoices paid outside terms

+11d

slower over the window

±6d

variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 72% of the 608 large companies reporting in administrative & support services.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 3 statutory reports.

terms 30d

H1 2025H2 2025H2 2025

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 63% 31–60 days 24% 61+ days 13%

The read · computed from their figures

E D & F Man Services Limited has filed 3 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2025). Their latest report puts the average at 38 days against stated terms of 30 days.

The direction is slower: from 27 to 38 days over the window — about 11 days slower.

In the latest period 37% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 13% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard contractual terms for goods and services is 30 days

Dispute resolution

The invoice is passed to the person authorised to accept or reject the invoice. In the case of a dispute that person will contact the supplier to raise the query. The supplier and the authorising person will resolve the dispute; the disputed invoice will be treated on an adhoc basis as its defined by their underlying contract terms. Once resolution is reached the invoice will then be cleared for payment.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2025	38	37%	13%	19 Jan 2026
H2 2025	34	35%	11%	22 Oct 2025
H1 2025	27	23%	9%	28 Apr 2025

Working-capital effect

What a 38-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 38-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £15,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 38-day cycle — about £3,200 more than the same account would carry at 30-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 11 days slower over the window (27 → 38 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 38, moving within about ±6 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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