Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk
Sun Chemical Limited pays suppliers in 36 days on average — within its stated 30–90 day terms
Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 6 days past the shortest term they state (30 days), still within their 90-day upper term.
- Their stated terms
- 30–90 days
- Paid outside agreed terms
- 7% of invoices
- Paid after 61+ days
- 17%
- Reporting period
- 1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
- Source
- their gov.uk filing, filed 13 Jul 2026
Self-reported figures from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.
Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing
Paid within their stated range — 36 against 30–90 days
Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices
The pattern · last 6 of 17 reports
39 → 36 days — getting faster
The read · computed from their figures
Sun Chemical Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 36 days against stated terms of 30–90 days; 7% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 17% took 61 days or longer. Filed 13 Jul 2026.
The direction is faster: from 39 days in H2 2023 to 36 now — 3 days faster across their last 6 reports.
On the latest reported averages: Faster than 72% of the 977 large companies reporting in manufacturing.
That is 17 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.
What they tell their suppliers
In their own words · from the filing
Standard payment terms
Sun Chemical Ltd's standard payment terms are 60 days end of month but many of our vendors are on 30 days from end of month.
Dispute resolution
Missing invoices - Copy invoices are requested and processed as priority, Vendors are asked how originals have been sent and offered an emailing option, if already emailing vendor is asked when the document was sent and checks are run to see why the invoice did not get processed and procedures put in place to stop this happening again Quantity Queries - If an invoice is received with a quantity greater than the receipt showing on the purchase order the business is asked if the extra quantity has been received if the business does not agree the vendors are asked to provide proof of delivery or work done , these are then forwarded to the business so that they can check that the goods have been received or the work completed and load the extra goods receipt, if no POD can be issued and the
Every statutory report on record
Most recent first.
| Period | Avg days | Outside terms | 61+ days | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H1 2026 | 36 | 7% | 17% | 13 Jul 2026 |
| H2 2025 | 44 | 8% | 20% | 22 Jan 2026 |
| H1 2025 | 41 | 6% | 17% | 23 Jul 2025 |
| H2 2024 | 42 | 8% | 19% | 14 Jan 2025 |
| H1 2024 | 44 | 15% | 21% | 12 Jul 2024 |
| H2 2023 | 39 | 8% | 15% | 11 Jan 2024 |
| H1 2023 | 38 | 14% | 19% | 21 Jul 2023 |
| H2 2022 | 39 | 9% | 18% | 23 Jan 2023 |
| H1 2022 | 39 | 9% | 20% | 26 Jul 2022 |
| H2 2021 | 38 | 8% | 19% | 14 Jan 2022 |
| H1 2021 | 39 | 8% | 19% | 21 Jul 2021 |
| H2 2020 | 39 | 8% | 19% | 22 Jan 2021 |
| H1 2020 | 43 | 9% | 24% | 16 Jul 2020 |
| H2 2019 | 41 | 8% | 21% | 31 Jan 2020 |
| H1 2019 | 44 | 11% | 24% | 29 Jul 2019 |
| H2 2018 | 43 | 12% | 23% | 29 Jan 2019 |
| H1 2018 | 44 | 22% | 27% | 30 Jul 2018 |
On the public register · Companies House
Company record
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 19 Sept 1991
- Registered office
- NORTON HILL, BATH, BA3 4RT
Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic
What a 36-day cycle ties up
A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 36-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.
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.
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