Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does P&o Short Sea Ferries Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 03291852 · Transport & storage · 2 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

62days

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.

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 9 Dec 1996
Registered office: KENT HOUSE, ASHFORD, TN23 1PP

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30–90 days. Reported average: 62.

Stated terms30–90d

+32 days

Reported avg62d

At a glance

The key figures

30–90d

their stated terms

70%

invoices paid outside terms

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 96% of the 248 large companies reporting in transport & storage.

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 8% 31–60 days 64% 61+ days 28%

The read · computed from their figures

P&o Short Sea Ferries Limited has filed 2 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2025). Their latest report puts the average at 62 days against stated terms of 30–90 days.

In the latest period 70% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 28% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

30 days end of month

Dispute resolution

For any payment queries, suppliers should contact the Accounts Payable department at P&O Ferries Ltd by email to [email protected]. The Accounts Payable department will look into suppliers’ queries as soon as possible, and will liaise with the purchaser and the supplier to resolve any queries or disputes to enable payment to be made as quickly as possible.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	62	70%	28%	31 Jul 2026
H2 2025	59	56%	28%	29 Jan 2026

Working-capital effect

What a 62-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 62-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £24,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 62-day cycle — about £12,600 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

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 62. 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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