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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Saint-Gobain Building Distribution Limited pays suppliers in 53 days on average — within its stated 39–92 day terms

CRN 01647362 · Wholesale & retail trade · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Aug 2026

53daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 14 days past the shortest term they state (39 days), still within their 92-day upper term.

Slower than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
39–92 days
Paid outside agreed terms
8% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
39%
Reporting period
1 Feb 2026 – 31 Aug 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 2 Sept 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid within their stated range — 53 against 39–92 days

The pattern · last 6 of 17 reports

44 → 53 days — slowing down

The read · computed from their figures

Saint-Gobain Building Distribution Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 53 days against stated terms of 39–92 days; 8% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 39% took 61 days or longer. Filed 2 Sept 2026.

The direction is slower: from 44 days in H1 2024 to 53 now — 9 days slower across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 81% of the 815 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

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

1% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Provided that the invoice submitted is correct and contains the information as required under the contract, and save where the parties have agreed other payment terms, STARK shall pay for goods and services in the first week following the end of the second month following the month in which the goods are delivered or or services are provided and accepted as conforming to the standards required by STARK under the contract

Dispute resolution

Disputes are communicated via electronic written communication and where necessary followed up with the supplier by the dedicated accounts payable team

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2026538%39%2 Sept 2026
H1 2026508%39%10 Mar 2026
H1 20254112%36%8 Sept 2025
H1 20254018%35%10 Mar 2025
H1 20244119%34%6 Sept 2024
H1 20244417%37%27 Feb 2024
H1 20234716%18%28 Jul 2023
H2 20223715%32%30 Jan 2023
H1 20223712%18%27 Jul 2022
H2 20213921%27%28 Jan 2022
H1 20213822%20%27 Jul 2021
H2 20204525%25%26 Jan 2021
H1 20205632%41%29 Jul 2020
H2 20194718%29%28 Jan 2020
H1 20195715%35%29 Jul 2019
H2 20185129%31%30 Jan 2019
H1 20185532%39%27 Jul 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
29 Jun 1982
Registered office
MERCHANT HOUSE, BINLEY BUSINESS PARK, COVENTRY, CV3 2TT
5 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Apr 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 53-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 53-day vs a 39-day payment cycle.

≈ £21,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 53-day cycle — about £5,500 more than the same account would carry at 39-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 · Saint-Gobain Building Distribution Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 9 days slower over the window (44 → 53 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report puts the average at day 53; across their last 6 reports it ranged 40–53 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
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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?
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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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