Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Diversey Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 03459907 · Manufacturing · 8 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Dec 2021

18days

their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period

Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

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

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 31 Dec 2021 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: 29 Oct 1997
Registered office: DIVERSEY LIMITED PYRAMID CLOSE, NORTHAMPTON, NN3 8PD

3 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30–120 days. Reported average: 18.

Stated terms30–120d

-12 days

Reported avg18d

At a glance

The key figures

30–120d

their stated terms

invoices paid outside terms

-53d

faster over the window

±37d

variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Faster than 98% of the 992 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d

H1 2019H2 2019H1 2020H2 2020H1 2021H2 2021

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 92% 31–60 days 4% 61+ days 4%

The read · computed from their figures

Diversey Limited has filed 8 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 18 days against stated terms of 30–120 days.

The direction is faster: from 71 to 18 days over the window — about 53 days faster.

In the latest period 4% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 4% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing Offers supply-chain finance

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard contractual terms for goods and services is 90 days.

Dispute resolution

When an invoice is disputed, the supplier will receive an automated email indicating the invoice number and reason for rejection. To resolve a dispute, the supplier is required to provide any missing information or a corrected invoice. Diversey Limited requires a valid purchase order before payment can be made. The PO number is communicated by Diversey's procurement team at the time of placing the order.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2021	18	4%	4%	5 May 2022
H1 2021	23	5%	5%	5 May 2022
H2 2020	20	3%	3%	5 May 2022
H1 2020	91	72%	72%	8 Sept 2020
H2 2019	96	64%	70%	8 Sept 2020
H1 2019	71	72%	46%	16 Jul 2019
H2 2018	75	56%	50%	16 Jul 2019
H1 2018	100	53%	55%	9 Aug 2018

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 53 days faster over the window (71 → 18 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 18, moving within about ±37 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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