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How long does Sofidel UK Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 02245657 · Manufacturing · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

46days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Slower than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

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

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On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
19 Apr 1988
Registered office
BRUNEL WAY BAGLAN ENERGY PARK, NEATH, SA11 2FP
3 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 2–120 days. Reported average: 46.

Stated terms2–120d
+44 days
Reported avg46d

At a glance

The key figures

2–120d
their stated terms
20%
invoices paid outside terms
+18d
slower over the window
±4d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 51% of the 992 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 2d
28
52
53
51
49
46
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 21% 31–60 days 63% 61+ days 16%

The read · computed from their figures

Sofidel UK Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 46 days against stated terms of 2–120 days.

The direction is slower: from 28 to 46 days over the window — about 18 days slower.

In the latest period 20% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 16% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Payment terms are agreed with each supplier individually and may vary depending on the nature of the goods or services provided. Payment runs for each currency are made at the beginning and middle of each month. For the majority of cases invoices are paid on the first available payment run after their due date.

Dispute resolution

Suppliers are asked to contact the Accounts Payable team with any queries or disputes. Any queries that cannot be resolved by the team are forwarded to Purchase Office for further investigation and resolution. An escalation process exists where any unresolved queries are escalated to department managers/senior management.

Other information

The statistics show a high proportion of invoices not paid within the agreed terms. This is a function of our bi-monthly payment runs and the majority of invoices are paid within a few days of their due date.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20264620%16%13 Jul 2026
H2 20254940%20%30 Jan 2026
H1 20255152%23%22 Jul 2025
H2 20245347%23%30 Jan 2025
H1 20245254%22%9 Jul 2024
H2 20232851%25%22 Jan 2024
H1 20232957%27%17 Jul 2023
H2 20223161%31%27 Jan 2023
H1 20222757%26%11 Jul 2022
H2 20212953%27%11 Jan 2022
H1 20213467%34%15 Jul 2021
H2 20203262%31%29 Jan 2021
H1 20203065%30%17 Jul 2020
H2 20193066%27%30 Jan 2020
H1 20194891%41%30 Jul 2019
H2 20183789%34%28 Jan 2019
H1 20184186%41%27 Jul 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 46-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 46-day vs a 2-day payment cycle.

≈ £18,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 46-day cycle — about £17,300 more than the same account would carry at 2-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 18 days slower over the window (28 → 46 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 46, moving within about ±4 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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