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How long does Sykes Cottages Ltd take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 04469189 · Administrative & support services · 15 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2026

10days
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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On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
25 Jun 2002
Registered office
SYKES COTTAGES LTD ONE CITY PLACE, CHESTER, CH1 3BQ
2 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Jun 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 7–60 days. Reported average: 10.

Stated terms7–60d
+3 days
Reported avg10d

At a glance

The key figures

7–60d
their stated terms
19%
invoices paid outside terms
±2d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 91% of the 608 large companies reporting in administrative & support services.

The pattern

Holding steady

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 7d
12
11
8
11
9
10
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 95% 31–60 days 3% 61+ days 2%

The read · computed from their figures

Sykes Cottages Ltd has filed 15 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2019). Their latest report puts the average at 10 days against stated terms of 7–60 days.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±2 days period to period.

In the latest period 19% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 2% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Sykes Cottages Ltd operates a default generic payment terms of 30 days for trade suppliers unless otherwise agreed prior to engagement. Sub contracted cleaning and maintenance suppliers work on 7, 14 and 30 day terms. There are a limited number of suppliers on 60 day terms.

Dispute resolution

Any disputes are directed to the Finance department who will work with the supplier to resolve any service or payment issues in a timely manner.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20261019%2%27 Apr 2026
H2 2025917%1%28 Oct 2025
H1 20251121%1%29 Apr 2025
H2 2024813%1%30 Oct 2024
H1 20241120%2%29 Apr 2024
H2 20231230%1%24 Oct 2023
H1 20231535%3%25 Apr 2023
H2 20221535%3%27 Oct 2022
H1 20221942%6%26 Apr 2022
H2 20211435%2%29 Oct 2021
H1 20211933%4%30 Apr 2021
H2 20201632%3%1 Nov 2020
H1 20201832%4%30 Apr 2020
H2 20192033%4%29 Oct 2019
H1 20192333%6%30 Apr 2019

Working-capital effect

What a 10-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 10-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £4,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 10-day cycle — about £1,200 more than the same account would carry at 7-day terms.

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.

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average is steady — within about ±2 days period to period, around 10 days.
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 10, moving within about ±2 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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