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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Sophos Limited pays suppliers in 32 days on average — within its stated 30–90 day terms

CRN 02096520 · Information & communication · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2026

32daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 2 days past the shortest term they state (30 days), still within their 90-day upper term.

Around averagevs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
30–90 days
Paid outside agreed terms
35% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
10%
Reporting period
1 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 27 Apr 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid within their stated range — 32 against 30–90 days

The pattern · last 6 of 16 reports

28 → 32 days — slowing down

The read · computed from their figures

Sophos Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 32 days against stated terms of 30–90 days; 35% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 10% took 61 days or longer. Filed 27 Apr 2026.

The direction is slower: from 28 days in H2 2023 to 32 now — 4 days slower across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 62% of the 476 large companies reporting in information & communication.

That is 16 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

The Company's standard payment terms are invoice date plus 30 days. Significant contracts including those for stock manufacturers are subject to specific payment terms as set out and agreed in the applicable contract. Maximum contractual payment period agreed is invoice date plus 90 Days.

Dispute resolution

Any disputes relating to invoice payment that cannot be resolved with the Company's Accounts Payable Team can be escalated initially to the Financial Controller and thereafter if still unresolved to the SVP Finance or CFO. Any dispute that cannot be resolved with the Finance team may be referred to the Group's General Counsel.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20263235%10%27 Apr 2026
H2 20252527%8%31 Oct 2025
H1 20252441%7%29 Apr 2025
H2 20242542%9%18 Nov 2024
H1 20243350%10%23 Apr 2024
H2 20232842%11%31 Oct 2023
H1 20232828%12%28 Apr 2023
H2 20222928%13%27 Oct 2022
H1 20223130%15%28 Apr 2022
H2 20213130%15%29 Oct 2021
H1 20212927%13%30 Apr 2021
H2 20203423%17%29 Oct 2020
H1 20203328%12%17 Jun 2020
H2 20192927%7%29 Oct 2019
H1 20193629%9%30 Apr 2019
H2 20181763%3%25 Oct 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
4 Feb 1987
Registered office
THE PENTAGON, ABINGDON, OX14 3YP
4 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Quick answers · Sophos Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 4 days slower over the window (28 → 32 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report puts the average at day 32; across their last 6 reports it ranged 24–33 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
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What is a Payment Practices Report?
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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?
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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

Report PL-02096520 · latest period to 31 Mar 2026

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