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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Stepan UK Limited paid suppliers in 61 days on average — inside its 105-day stated terms

CRN 03264997 · Manufacturing · 5 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2020

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 30 Jun 2020 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.
61daysavg time to pay · H1 2020

Their H1 2020 filing put the average 44 days inside their stated 105-day term.

Their stated terms
105 days
Paid outside agreed terms
14% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
41%
Reporting period
1 Jan 2020 – 30 Jun 2020
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 10 Jul 2020

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2020 filing

Paid 44 days inside the 105-day term they state

The pattern · last 5 of 5 reports

70 → 61 days — faster across the window

The read · computed from their figures

Stepan UK Limited's H1 2020 filing put their average at 61 days against stated terms of 105 days; 14% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 41% took 61 days or longer. Filed 10 Jul 2020.

The direction is faster: from 70 days in H1 2018 to 61 now — 9 days faster across their last 5 reports.

That is 5 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Goods for resale - End of month plus 30 days from invoice date Indirect goods and services - End of month plus 60 days from invoice date

Dispute resolution

Compliants or concerns regarding terms in the fist instance raised with Purchasing Department, for which all suppliers have details. In respect of other compliants on invoice payments and queries in the first instance should be raised with Accounts Payable team. The team will escalate where applicable. Dispute resolution is then conducted in house by the assigned personnel depending on compliant or concern. This is completed on a timely basis and supplier may be contacted when appropriate

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20206114%41%10 Jul 2020
H2 20196220%44%17 Jan 2020
H1 20196527%53%12 Jul 2019
H2 20186219%51%28 Jan 2019
H1 20187063%58%16 Jul 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
17 Oct 1996
Registered office
BRIDGE HOUSE, STALYBRIDGE, SK15 1PH
1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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Quick answers · Stepan UK Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 9 days faster over the window (70 → 61 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report put the average at day 61; across their last 5 reports it ranged 61–70 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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