Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk
How long does SGS Business Process Services (UK) Limited take to pay its suppliers?
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
- 30 Sept 1999
- Registered office
- FIRST FLOOR LEE HOUSE, MANCHESTER, M1 5JW
Terms vs reality
Stated terms: 60 days. Reported average: 80.
At a glance
The key figures
Vs peers · latest reported averages
The pattern
Getting slower
Average days to pay across their last 4 statutory reports.
Where their supplier invoices land · latest period
The read · computed from their figures
SGS Business Process Services (UK) Limited has filed 4 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2017). Their latest report puts the average at 80 days against stated terms of 60 days.
The direction is slower: from 63 to 80 days over the window — about 17 days slower.
In the latest period 79% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 71% landed 61+ days out.
In their own words · from the filing
Standard payment terms
The most common type of supplier is for vehicle repair work where, prior to the current reporting period, each supplier had both 30 and 60 day terms, the terms used for each invoice being determined by the specific characteristics of the relevant customer's case. The most commonly used payment terms were 60 days from date of receipt of a correctly submitted invoice. In the current reporting period the business has started to work with a new Repairs supplier, who acts as an agent for a number of repairers, and with whom agreed terms are 90 days. This explains the increase in the proportion of invoices paid in 61+ days which is reported above.
Dispute resolution
Disputes can be raised through either the Expense Team or the supplier’s Relationship Manager who will pass these through to the Expense Team for investigation and resolution. In the event that a dispute cannot be resolved by our Expense Team, it would escalate to the Expense Team Manager and Financial Controller in turn.
Every statutory report on record
Most recent first.
| Period | Avg days | Outside terms | 61+ days | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H1 2019 | 80 | 79% | 71% | 31 Jul 2019 |
| H2 2018 | 73 | 81% | 57% | 30 Jan 2019 |
| H1 2018 | 71 | 80% | 58% | 28 Jul 2018 |
| H2 2017 | 63 | 80% | 54% | 30 Jan 2018 |
Working-capital effect
What a 80-day cycle ties up
Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 80-day vs a 60-day payment cycle.
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.
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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).
Report PL-03851175 · latest period to 30 Jun 2019
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