Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Sinclair Knight Merz (Europe) Limited paid suppliers in 52 days on average — within its stated 7–60 day terms

CRN 03371550 · Professional & technical services · 3 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2019

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 31 Mar 2019 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

52daysavg time to pay · H1 2019

Their H1 2019 filing put the average 45 days past the shortest term they state (7 days), still within their 60-day upper term.

Their stated terms: 7–60 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 18% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 17%
Reporting period: 1 Oct 2018 – 31 Mar 2019
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 29 Apr 2019

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2019 filing

Paid within their stated range — 52 against 7–60 days

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–65

avg 52d

0 days65 days

reported avg 52 days their filed terms 7–60 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 44% 31–60 days 39% 61+ days 17%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #14984, period 1 Oct 2018 – 31 Mar 2019, filed 29 Apr 2019 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Sinclair Knight Merz (Europe) Limited paid within its stated range, 45 days past the shortest term. 18% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 17% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2019 filing.

The pattern · last 3 of 3 reports

40 → 52 days — slower across the window

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 3 of 3 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

12 days slower across the window. From 40 days in H1 2018 to 52 in the H1 2019 filing; the dashed line marks the 7-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Sinclair Knight Merz (Europe) Limited's H1 2019 filing put their average at 52 days against stated terms of 7–60 days; 18% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 17% took 61 days or longer. Filed 29 Apr 2019.

The direction is slower: from 40 days in H1 2018 to 52 now — 12 days slower across their last 3 reports.

That is 3 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

The company does not use standard payment terms; payment terms are agreed with each individual supplier depending on the nature of the goods/services supplied and the contract involved.

Dispute resolution

Disputes would generally be raised to the procurer of the goods/services or the Accounts payable team depending on the nature of the issue. They will review the disputed item(s) in order to see if it can be resolved quickly with the vendor and payment can be made. If this is not possible due to the dispute involving non-performance of contract or pricing differences for example, the dispute will be referred to senior project managers/senior Corporate managers and if required Legal department. Jacobs aim to resolve all vendor disputes as quickly as possible.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2019	52	18%	17%	29 Apr 2019
H2 2018	40	14%	8%	26 Oct 2018
H1 2018	40	19%	12%	27 Apr 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 15 May 1997
Registered office: FLOOR 8, BUILDING 6, 566 CHISWICK HIGH ROAD, LONDON, W4 5HR

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Mar 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 52-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 52-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £20,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 52-day cycle — about £17,700 more than the same account would carry at 7-day terms.

Late Payment Act. The Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 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 · Sinclair Knight Merz (Europe) Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 12 days slower over the window (40 → 52 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report put the average at day 52; across their last 3 reports it ranged 40–52 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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