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How long does Severn Trent Water Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 02366686 · Water & waste · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2026

40days
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
1 Apr 1989
Registered office
SEVERN TRENT CENTRE, COVENTRY, CV1 2LZ
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 15–60 days. Reported average: 40.

Stated terms15–60d
+25 days
Reported avg40d

At a glance

The key figures

15–60d
their stated terms
10%
invoices paid outside terms
+8d
slower over the window
±4d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 63% of the 62 large companies reporting in water & waste.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 15d
32
33
33
34
37
40
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 72% 31–60 days 20% 61+ days 8%

The read · computed from their figures

Severn Trent Water Limited has filed 16 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 40 days against stated terms of 15–60 days.

The direction is slower: from 32 to 40 days over the window — about 8 days slower.

In the latest period 10% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 8% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Severn Trent Water’s standard payment term for new contracts is 60 days (or 30 days for businesses with less than 50 employees); this applies across all contracts raised and would be agreed with suppliers prior to the commencement of the trading activity. On occasion, authorisation may be granted to reduce the payment terms below 60 days if there is commercial requirement/benefit in doing so. Such a change requires approval from the Commercial team. We would not attempt to impose payment terms longer than 60 days on any of our suppliers, nor do we use early settlement discounts as part of contractual arrangements.

Dispute resolution

If communication between the purchaser and supplier fails to resolve the dispute, the Severn Trent Commercial or Finance team will engage with the supplier and the business user to bring about a resolution.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20264010%8%30 Apr 2026
H2 2025377%4%30 Oct 2025
H1 2025344%3%29 Apr 2025
H2 2024334%2%30 Oct 2024
H1 2024334%3%29 Apr 2024
H2 2023324%2%26 Oct 2023
H1 2023314%3%27 Apr 2023
H2 2022293%2%27 Oct 2022
H1 2022284%2%28 Apr 2022
H2 2021243%2%28 Oct 2021
H1 2021263%2%29 Apr 2021
H2 2020264%2%28 Oct 2020
H1 2020293%3%28 Apr 2020
H2 2019353%3%18 Oct 2019
H1 2019295%3%16 Apr 2019
H2 2018335%3%19 Oct 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 40-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 40-day vs a 15-day payment cycle.

≈ £16,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 40-day cycle — about £9,900 more than the same account would carry at 15-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 8 days slower over the window (32 → 40 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 40, 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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