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

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

61days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Well behindvs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

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

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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.

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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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 0–105 days. Reported average: 61.

Stated terms0–105d
+61 days
Reported avg61d

At a glance

The key figures

0–105d
their stated terms
14%
invoices paid outside terms
-9d
faster over the window
±2d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 80% of the 992 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 5 statutory reports.

70
62
65
62
61
H1 2018H2 2018H1 2019H2 2019H1 2020

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 7% 31–60 days 52% 61+ days 41%

The read · computed from their figures

Stepan UK Limited has filed 5 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 61 days against stated terms of 0–105 days.

The direction is faster: from 70 to 61 days over the window — about 9 days faster.

In the latest period 14% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 41% landed 61+ days out.

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

Working-capital effect

What a 61-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 61-day vs a 0-day payment cycle.

≈ £24,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 61-day cycle — about £24,000 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 9 days faster over the window (70 → 61 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 61, moving within about ±2 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 6,185 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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