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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

The Stationery Office Limited paid suppliers in 38 days on average — inside its shortest stated term

CRN 03049649 · Manufacturing · 4 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Dec 2019

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 31 Dec 2019 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.
38daysavg time to pay · H2 2019

Their H2 2019 filing put the average 22 days inside the shortest term they state (60 days).

Their stated terms
60–90 days
Paid outside agreed terms
57% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
26%
Reporting period
1 Jul 2019 – 31 Dec 2019
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 31 Jan 2020

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

Terms vs reality · their H2 2019 filing

Paid 22 days inside the 60-day term they state

The pattern · last 4 of 4 reports

45 → 38 days — faster across the window

The read · computed from their figures

The Stationery Office Limited's H2 2019 filing put their average at 38 days against stated terms of 60–90 days; 57% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 26% took 61 days or longer. Filed 31 Jan 2020.

The direction is faster: from 45 days in H1 2018 to 38 now — 7 days faster across their last 4 reports.

That is 4 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard payment terms are 60 days end of month. There are exceptions to this where we are contractually obliged to pay earlier

Dispute resolution

Suppliers can contact us by email to [email protected] or by telephone 01603 695659. We aim to respond to a query within 48 hours of receipt of query. Resolution is dependent on the complexity of the query. Once full resolution has been completed the supplier will be notified via email.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H2 20193857%26%31 Jan 2020
H1 20193746%22%30 Jul 2019
H2 20184362%17%30 Jan 2019
H1 20184574%23%30 Jul 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
25 Apr 1995
Registered office
18 CENTRAL AVENUE, NORWICH, NR7 0HR
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2026 — overdue

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Quick answers · The Stationery Office Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 7 days faster over the window (45 → 38 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report put the average at day 38; across their last 4 reports it ranged 37–45 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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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