Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Southern Electric Gas Limited paid suppliers in 18 days on average — inside its 30-day stated terms

CRN 02716495 · Electricity & gas · 10 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2023

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 30 Jun 2023 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

18daysavg time to pay · H1 2023

Their H1 2023 filing put the average 12 days inside their stated 30-day term.

Their stated terms: 30 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 17% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 1%
Reporting period: 1 Jan 2023 – 30 Jun 2023
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 31 Jul 2023

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2023 filing

Paid 12 days inside the 30-day term they state

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–40

avg 18d

0 days40 days

reported avg 18 days their filed terms 30 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 96% 31–60 days 3% 61+ days 1%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #74994, period 1 Jan 2023 – 30 Jun 2023, filed 31 Jul 2023 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Southern Electric Gas Limited paid 12 days inside its stated 30-day term. 17% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 1% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2023 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 10 reports

21 → 18 days — faster across the window

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 10 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

3 days faster across the window. From 21 days in H2 2020 to 18 in the H1 2023 filing; the dashed line marks the 30-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Southern Electric Gas Limited's H1 2023 filing put their average at 18 days against stated terms of 30 days; 17% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 1% took 61 days or longer. Filed 31 Jul 2023.

The direction is faster: from 21 days in H2 2020 to 18 now — 3 days faster across their last 6 reports.

That is 10 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Our minimum standard payment terms are 30 days after receipt of invoice. We hold individual agreements with some of our suppliers for differing terms ranging from immediate to the standard minimum 30 days, and also direct debit payments.

Dispute resolution

The Company has a dedicated accounts payable team, which can be reached by email or phone. Suppliers with invoice queries need to contact this team in the first instance. Any unresolved issues are escalated to the OVO purchaser associated with the invoice. Disputes are handled by a combination of the accounts payable team and the relevant purchasing department. Senior management can be escalated to if issues are not satisfactorily resolved.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2023	18	17%	1%	31 Jul 2023
H2 2022	16	7%	1%	17 Jan 2023
H1 2022	17	10%	1%	27 Jul 2022
H2 2021	19	37%	1%	26 Jan 2022
H1 2021	25	40%	1%	13 Jul 2021
H2 2020	21	25%	0%	13 Jul 2021
H1 2020	32	30%	4%	29 Apr 2020
H2 2019	31	15%	3%	29 Oct 2019
H1 2019	65	39%	29%	26 Apr 2019
H2 2018	21	43%	4%	24 Oct 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 20 May 1992
Registered office: FLOOR 5, CRESCENT, REDCLIFFE, BS1 6EZ

4 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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Quick answers · Southern Electric Gas Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 3 days faster over the window (21 → 18 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report put the average at day 18; across their last 6 reports it ranged 16–25 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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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.

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The 31-day comparison figure is the median across 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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