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How long does Socotec UK Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 02880501 · Professional & technical services · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

49days
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
14 Dec 1993
Registered office
SOCOTEC HOUSE BRETBY BUSINESS PARK, BRETBY, DE15 0YZ
2 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30 days. Reported average: 49.

Stated terms30d
+19 days
Reported avg49d

At a glance

The key figures

30d
their stated terms
10%
invoices paid outside terms
-7d
faster over the window
±11d
variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 81% of the 530 large companies reporting in professional & technical services.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d
56
59
70
61
56
49
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 19% 31–60 days 64% 61+ days 17%

The read · computed from their figures

Socotec UK Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 49 days against stated terms of 30 days.

The direction is faster: from 56 to 49 days over the window — about 7 days faster.

In the latest period 10% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 17% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

SOCOTEC UK's standard payment terms are 30 days EOM which are notified to suppliers by referring to the company's terms and conditions. The standard terms and conditions are referred to in each purchase order the company issues.

Dispute resolution

All disputes on invoices are referred back to the supplier by the business unit that placed the order. Once purchase invoices are agreed they are passed to the central finance team to process.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20264910%17%13 Jul 2026
H2 20255620%24%20 Feb 2026
H1 20256163%30%15 Aug 2025
H2 20247076%39%11 Aug 2025
H1 20245947%27%23 Jul 2024
H2 20235645%24%19 Mar 2024
H1 20236749%39%20 Dec 2023
H2 20225351%23%23 May 2023
H1 20226327%42%28 Jul 2022
H2 20216344%38%24 Jun 2022
H1 20216342%40%1 Sept 2021
H2 20206434%43%15 Feb 2021
H1 20206615%53%30 Jul 2020
H2 20196639%48%30 Jan 2020
H1 20196425%47%21 Oct 2019
H2 20186124%45%22 Jul 2019
H1 20186628%50%30 Jul 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 49-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 49-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £19,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 49-day cycle — about £7,500 more than the same account would carry at 30-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 7 days faster over the window (56 → 49 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 49, moving within about ±11 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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