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Special Quality Alloys Limited pays suppliers in 68 days on average — within its stated 30–90 day terms

CRN 01985443 · Manufacturing · 4 statutory reports on record · period to 31 May 2026

68daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 38 days past the shortest term they state (30 days), still within their 90-day upper term.

Well behindvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
30–90 days
Paid outside agreed terms
0% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
62%
Reporting period
1 Dec 2025 – 31 May 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 30 Jun 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid within their stated range — 68 against 30–90 days

The pattern · last 4 of 4 reports

71 → 68 days — getting faster

The read · computed from their figures

Special Quality Alloys Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 68 days against stated terms of 30–90 days; 0% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 62% took 61 days or longer. Filed 30 Jun 2026.

The direction is faster: from 71 days in H2 2024 to 68 now — 3 days faster across their last 4 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 88% of the 977 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

That is 4 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2024) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Our payment terms are a standard 30, 60 and 90 days.

Dispute resolution

Our policy is to resolve any disputes within 30 days so that payment terms will be met.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2026680%62%30 Jun 2026
H2 2025680%60%12 Jan 2026
H1 2025710%66%10 Oct 2025
H2 2024710%65%19 Dec 2024

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
4 Feb 1986
Registered office
BACON LANE, S9 3NH
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 28 Feb 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 68-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 68-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £27,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 68-day cycle — about £15,000 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 · Special Quality Alloys Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 3 days faster over the window (71 → 68 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report puts the average at day 68; across their last 4 reports it ranged 68–71 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 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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