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How long does South Downs Waste Services Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 04362726 · Water & waste · 5 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2021

5days
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.

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Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 30 Jun 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 Jan 2002
Registered office
210 PENTONVILLE ROAD, LONDON, N1 9JY
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 60 days. Reported average: 5.

Stated terms60d
-55 days
Reported avg5d

At a glance

The key figures

60d
their stated terms
0%
invoices paid outside terms
-20d
faster over the window
±12d
variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 100% of the 62 large companies reporting in water & waste.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 5 statutory reports.

terms 60d
25
18
29
10
5
H1 2019H2 2019H1 2020H2 2020H1 2021

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 100% 31–60 days 0% 61+ days 0%

The read · computed from their figures

South Downs Waste Services Limited has filed 5 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2019). Their latest report puts the average at 5 days against stated terms of 60 days.

The direction is faster: from 25 to 5 days over the window — about 20 days faster.

In the latest period 0% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 0% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Our business standard payment terms for vendors dealing with Veolia UK companies are 45 days end of month from the receipt of the invoice (i.e. vendors are paid at the end of the month following a 45 day period from the date of receipt by Veolia of a valid invoice). However we do still have some legacy payment terms which are affecting our paid on time statistics.

Dispute resolution

We work with our suppliers to ensure that disputes are resolved in a timely manner. If a supplier has a dispute they should call our Financial Shared Service Centre on 020 3567 2270 or email Accounts Payable on [email protected]. According to our Terms & Conditions, which are available on our website, the Supplier shall be entitled to charge interest on any undisputed overdue payments from the due date for payment until the date of payment at a rate of two per cent (2%) above the current bank rate per annum as published by the Bank of England.

Other information

Please see more information about Veolia’s payment terms in our Terms and Conditions which can be found by accessing the following link under the section Veolia Group - General Conditions of Supply (Conditions of Purchase): https://www.veolia.co.uk/supplier-information

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 202150%0%16 Jul 2021
H2 2020100%0%5 Jan 2021
H1 2020290%0%8 Jul 2020
H2 2019180%0%10 Jan 2020
H1 2019250%0%17 Jul 2019

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 20 days faster over the window (25 → 5 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 5, moving within about ±12 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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