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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

M & S Logistics Limited pays suppliers in 20 days on average — within its stated 7–60 day terms

CRN 03597897 · Transport & storage · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

20daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 13 days past the shortest term they state (7 days), still within their 60-day upper term.

Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
7–60 days
Paid outside agreed terms
35% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
3%
Reporting period
1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 14 Jul 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid within their stated range — 20 against 7–60 days

The pattern · last 6 of 17 reports

41 → 20 days — getting faster

The read · computed from their figures

M & S Logistics Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 20 days against stated terms of 7–60 days; 35% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 3% took 61 days or longer. Filed 14 Jul 2026.

The direction is faster: from 41 days in H2 2023 to 20 now — 21 days faster across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Faster than 90% of the 245 large companies reporting in transport & storage.

That is 17 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

Payment terms are generally set at 30 days EOM

Dispute resolution

Rates are agreed with the procurement department and entered into the system. If an invoice arrives that do not match the system rates it is referred internally to the procurement and the operations department. Once they confirm the charge is not correct a formal notification is sent to the supplier that the charge is not correct with an explanation. If the supplier does show the charge is correct our system is updated and the invoice is passed for payment in all other cases a credit note is issued by the supplier which is processed with the invoice for payment.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20262035%3%14 Jul 2026
H2 20252543%5%13 Jan 2026
H1 20252441%4%15 Jul 2025
H2 20242640%6%8 Jan 2025
H1 20242339%3%4 Jul 2024
H2 20234150%9%18 Jan 2024
H1 20235469%25%6 Jul 2023
H2 20223550%12%20 Jan 2023
H1 20223052%8%12 Jul 2022
H2 20213771%16%19 Jan 2022
H1 20213854%5%24 Sept 2021
H2 20202831%3%31 Jan 2021
H1 20203630%11%20 Jul 2020
H2 20193319%3%22 Jan 2020
H1 20194641%11%25 Jul 2019
H2 20184429%12%17 Jan 2019
H1 20184324%13%23 Jul 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
14 Jul 1998
Registered office
HOPE STREET CHAPEL, HOPE STREET, CHESHIRE, CW11 1BA
1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 20-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 20-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £8,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 20-day cycle — about £5,100 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 · M & S Logistics Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 21 days faster over the window (41 → 20 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report puts the average at day 20; across their last 6 reports it ranged 20–41 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
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What does "paid outside agreed terms" mean?
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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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