Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Port of Sheerness Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 02639118 · Transport & storage · 15 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2026

42days

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.

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 14 Aug 1991
Registered office: MARITIME CENTRE, L21 1LA

2 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 60 days. Reported average: 42.

Stated terms60d

-18 days

Reported avg42d

At a glance

The key figures

60d

their stated terms

25%

invoices paid outside terms

+10d

slower over the window

±8d

variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 71% of the 248 large companies reporting in transport & storage.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 60d

H1 2023H2 2023H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 35% 31–60 days 42% 61+ days 23%

The read · computed from their figures

Port of Sheerness Limited has filed 15 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 42 days against stated terms of 60 days.

The direction is slower: from 32 to 42 days over the window — about 10 days slower.

In the latest period 25% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 23% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

The standard payment terms are 60 days.

Dispute resolution

We aim to resolve any disputes with our suppliers in a fair and efficient manner that is agreeable to both parties. This process is handled initially by our accounts payable team, before being escalated as necessary in order to resolve the issue.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	42	25%	23%	30 Apr 2026
H2 2025	39	21%	20%	31 Oct 2025
H1 2025	26	10%	10%	1 May 2025
H2 2024	35	10%	13%	31 Oct 2024
H2 2023	41	11%	13%	30 Apr 2024
H1 2023	32	17%	11%	2 May 2023
H2 2022	26	16%	10%	26 Oct 2022
H1 2022	32	18%	10%	29 Apr 2022
H2 2021	35	17%	13%	28 Oct 2021
H1 2021	32	8%	12%	28 Apr 2021
H2 2020	33	33%	13%	28 Oct 2020
H1 2020	23	35%	2%	30 Apr 2020
H2 2019	31	31%	4%	23 Oct 2019
H1 2019	33	33%	6%	24 Apr 2019
H2 2018	32	28%	5%	23 Oct 2018

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 10 days slower over the window (32 → 42 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 42, moving within about ±8 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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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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