Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk
How long does Softcat PLC take to pay its suppliers?
Self-reported figure from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.
On the public register · Companies House
Company record
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Public Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 7 Oct 1987
- Registered office
- SOLAR HOUSE, MARLOW, SL7 1LW
Terms vs reality
Stated terms: 14–90 days. Reported average: 24.
At a glance
The key figures
Vs peers · latest reported averages
The pattern
Getting faster
Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.
Where their supplier invoices land · latest period
The read · computed from their figures
Softcat PLC has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 24 days against stated terms of 14–90 days.
The direction is faster: from 33 to 24 days over the window — about 9 days faster.
In the latest period 11% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 2% landed 61+ days out.
What they tell their suppliers
In their own words · from the filing
Standard payment terms
The Company has standard payment terms of 30 days but has negotiated standard payment terms of between 14 and 90 days.
Dispute resolution
Softcat's accounts payable team offer support through to query resolution to all suppliers. The team can be contacted by email, letter or telephone and each supplier has a dedicated representative to their account.
Other information
Where invoices are paid late, 86% of these documents are paid within 30 days of the due date. That equates to £263m of the £308m paid late, in value. The starting point used for calculating payment performance is the invoice date which is likely to overstate the amount of late payments.
Every statutory report on record
Most recent first.
| Period | Avg days | Outside terms | 61+ days | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H1 2026 | 24 | 11% | 2% | 27 Feb 2026 |
| H1 2025 | 25 | 11% | 3% | 29 Aug 2025 |
| H1 2025 | 26 | 14% | 4% | 4 Mar 2025 |
| H1 2024 | 26 | 9% | 2% | 28 Aug 2024 |
| H1 2024 | 28 | 9% | 2% | 29 Feb 2024 |
| H1 2023 | 33 | 13% | 5% | 31 Aug 2023 |
| H1 2023 | 40 | 19% | 10% | 28 Feb 2023 |
| H1 2022 | 34 | 15% | 5% | 18 Aug 2022 |
| H1 2022 | 32 | 10% | 5% | 9 Feb 2022 |
| H1 2021 | 32 | 8% | 3% | 11 Aug 2021 |
| H1 2021 | 40 | 25% | 17% | 25 Feb 2021 |
| H1 2020 | 41 | 24% | 16% | 26 Aug 2020 |
| H1 2020 | 39 | 25% | 16% | 3 Mar 2020 |
| H1 2019 | 35 | 13% | 10% | 29 Aug 2019 |
| H1 2019 | 34 | 12% | 11% | 27 Feb 2019 |
| H1 2018 | 34 | 13% | 12% | 16 Aug 2018 |
| H1 2018 | 37 | 17% | 17% | 7 Mar 2018 |
Working-capital effect
What a 24-day cycle ties up
Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 24-day vs a 14-day payment cycle.
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.
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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 6,185 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).
Report PL-02174990 · latest period to 31 Jan 2026
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