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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

ST&H Limited pays suppliers in 24 days on average — within its stated 7–60 day terms

CRN 02174052 · Other services · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Jan 2026

24daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 17 days past the shortest term they state (7 days), still within their 60-day upper term.

Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
7–60 days
Paid outside agreed terms
23% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
3%
Reporting period
1 Aug 2025 – 31 Jan 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 27 Feb 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid within their stated range — 24 against 7–60 days

The pattern · last 6 of 16 reports

41 → 24 days — getting faster

The read · computed from their figures

ST&H Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 24 days against stated terms of 7–60 days; 23% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 3% took 61 days or longer. Filed 27 Feb 2026.

The direction is faster: from 41 days in H1 2023 to 24 now — 17 days faster across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Faster than 73% of the 115 large companies reporting in other services.

That is 16 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

30 day standard terms on receipt of invoice. Maximum payment terms of 60 days. There have been no changes to standard terms and it would be agreed with suppliers for any changes to their payment terms.

Dispute resolution

Supplier would contact Accounts Payable. It is possible that ST&H Ltd have not received the invoice so a copy can be sent to resolve and paid as quickly as possible. If ST&H Ltd have received the invoice but it hasn't yet been authorised, the authoriser will be contacted to understand why and potentially enter into dialogue with the supplier.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20262423%3%27 Feb 2026
H1 20252622%2%28 Aug 2025
H1 20253031%1%27 Feb 2025
H1 20242724%4%30 Aug 2024
H1 20242221%1%29 Feb 2024
H1 20234122%7%22 Sept 2023
H1 20232526%2%23 Feb 2023
H1 2022189%0%18 Aug 2022
H1 20221511%2%28 Feb 2022
H1 2021165%1%23 Aug 2021
H1 20212416%10%24 Feb 2021
H1 20206340%4%27 Aug 2020
H1 20202135%1%26 Feb 2020
H1 20192038%1%29 Aug 2019
H1 20192237%2%27 Feb 2019
H1 20182142%1%30 Aug 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
6 Oct 1987
Registered office
3 PANCRAS SQUARE, LONDON, N1C 4AG
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Oct 2026

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 24-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 24-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £9,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 24-day cycle — about £6,700 more than the same account would carry at 7-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 · ST&H Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 17 days faster over the window (41 → 24 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report puts the average at day 24; across their last 6 reports it ranged 22–41 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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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