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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

ST James Group Limited pays suppliers in 24 days on average — inside its shortest stated term

CRN 03190056 · Construction · 18 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Apr 2026

24daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 6 days inside the shortest term they state (30 days).

Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
30–42 days
Paid outside agreed terms
19% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
7%
Reporting period
1 Nov 2025 – 30 Apr 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 4 Jun 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid 6 days inside the 30-day term they state

The pattern · last 6 of 18 reports

45 → 24 days — getting faster

The read · computed from their figures

ST James Group Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 24 days against stated terms of 30–42 days; 19% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 7% took 61 days or longer. Filed 4 Jun 2026.

The direction is faster: from 45 days in H2 2023 to 24 now — 21 days faster across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Faster than 84% of the 394 large companies reporting in construction.

That is 18 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2017) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

3% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

St James' standard purchase order payment terms for suppliers requires payment to be made within 30 days from the receipt of a valid invoice. St James' standard construction contract payment terms for subcontractors is 42 days following the subcontractor’s valid application for payment.

Dispute resolution

Any dispute or difference between the parties are subject to the laws of England and Wales and the jurisdiction of the English courts. Payment under construction contracts is subject to statutory adjudication pursuant to the Housing Grant, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996. Only a very small proportion of our payments become the subject to the adjudication and/or court proceedings.

Other information

There have been no changes to St James' standard payment terms within the period

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20262419%7%4 Jun 2026
H2 20252424%5%28 Nov 2025
H1 20252619%7%30 May 2025
H2 20242220%6%26 Nov 2024
H1 20242617%10%28 May 2024
H2 20234539%20%24 Nov 2023
H1 20234750%23%26 May 2023
H2 20223127%12%29 Nov 2022
H1 20223425%12%30 May 2022
H2 20212813%9%30 Nov 2021
H1 20212823%8%31 May 2021
H2 20203323%12%29 Nov 2020
H1 20204511%14%29 May 2020
H2 20192926%5%28 Nov 2019
H1 2019307%12%29 May 2019
H2 20183012%9%19 Nov 2018
H1 20183116%6%30 May 2018
H2 2017296%10%23 Nov 2017

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
24 Apr 1996
Registered office
BERKELEY HOUSE, COBHAM, KT11 1JG
4 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Jan 2028

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Quick answers · ST James Group Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 21 days faster over the window (45 → 24 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report puts the average at day 24; across their last 6 reports it ranged 22–45 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.
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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