Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Sunsail Worldwide Sailing Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 01658245 · Administrative & support services · 8 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Sept 2021

60days

their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period

Well behindvs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

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

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 30 Sept 2021 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 13 Aug 1982
Registered office: PLATINUM HOUSE, SURBITON, KT6 4BH

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 0–60 days. Reported average: 60.

Stated terms0–60d

+60 days

Reported avg60d

At a glance

The key figures

0–60d

their stated terms

45%

invoices paid outside terms

+25d

slower over the window

±13d

variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 93% of the 608 large companies reporting in administrative & support services.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

H1 2019H2 2019H1 2020H2 2020H1 2021H2 2021

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 35% 31–60 days 20% 61+ days 45%

The read · computed from their figures

Sunsail Worldwide Sailing Limited has filed 8 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 60 days against stated terms of 0–60 days.

The direction is slower: from 35 to 60 days over the window — about 25 days slower.

In the latest period 45% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 45% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Our company standard payment terms are 60 days

Dispute resolution

In the event of a dispute with a supplier then the supplier would be contacted, details of the dispute discussed and payment negotiated and agreed

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2021	60	45%	45%	14 Nov 2021
H1 2021	60	58%	58%	14 Nov 2021
H2 2020	60	61%	61%	29 Oct 2020
H1 2020	35	30%	30%	29 Oct 2020
H2 2019	35	19%	3%	5 Nov 2019
H1 2019	35	29%	15%	30 Apr 2019
H2 2018	35	14%	10%	31 Oct 2018
H1 2018	35	25%	9%	27 Apr 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 60-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 60-day vs a 0-day payment cycle.

≈ £23,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 60-day cycle — about £23,700 more than the same account would carry at 0-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 25 days slower over the window (35 → 60 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 60, moving within about ±13 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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