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How long does Adam Smith International Ltd take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 02732176 · Professional & technical services · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

27days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Faster 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
17 Jul 1992
Registered office
16-18 NEW BRIDGE STREET, LONDON, EC4V 6AG
1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 0–60 days. Reported average: 27.

Stated terms0–60d
+27 days
Reported avg27d

At a glance

The key figures

0–60d
their stated terms
2%
invoices paid outside terms
-3d
faster over the window
±5d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 61% of the 530 large companies reporting in professional & technical services.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

30
29
21
21
18
27
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 98% 31–60 days 1% 61+ days 1%

The read · computed from their figures

Adam Smith International Ltd has filed 16 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 27 days against stated terms of 0–60 days.

The direction is faster: from 30 to 27 days over the window — about 3 days faster.

In the latest period 2% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 1% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Invoices are expected to be submitted by CoB of the second working day of the month following the period of work, to quality for our standard payment terms of 30 days. Failure to adhere to this deadline could result in delayed payment terms of up to 60 days.

Dispute resolution

Invoices are submitted either through our supplier billing portal or emailed directly to the accounts payable function. Any concerns are submitted to the central AP mailbox whereby investigation and resolution KPIs should see the matter resolved within 3 days.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2026272%1%19 Aug 2026
H2 2025188%2%18 Mar 2026
H1 20252113%2%8 Aug 2025
H2 20242124%5%26 Mar 2025
H1 20242928%4%9 Aug 2024
H2 20233024%4%12 Mar 2024
H1 20233232%5%9 Oct 2023
H2 20223029%6%2 Mar 2023
H1 2022309%7%1 Aug 2022
H2 2021319%7%1 Mar 2022
H1 2021279%5%9 Dec 2021
H2 20203311%6%2 Jun 2021
H1 20203011%3%7 Dec 2020
H2 20193013%2%26 Jun 2020
H1 20193013%3%15 Nov 2019
H2 20182711%4%15 Nov 2019

Working-capital effect

What a 27-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 27-day vs a 0-day payment cycle.

≈ £10,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 27-day cycle — about £10,600 more than the same account would carry at 0-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 3 days faster over the window (30 → 27 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 27, moving within about ±5 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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