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How long does Smart Garden Products Ltd take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 04583901 · Wholesale & retail trade · 9 statutory reports on record · period to 31 May 2026

23days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Slower 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
7 Nov 2002
Registered office
2 PENTAGON SOUTH, ABINGDON, OX14 3PZ
5 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Aug 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30–90 days. Reported average: 23.

Stated terms30–90d
-7 days
Reported avg23d

At a glance

The key figures

30–90d
their stated terms
45%
invoices paid outside terms
-3d
faster over the window
±1d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 84% of the 819 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d
26
25
23
21
22
23
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 51% 31–60 days 46% 61+ days 3%

The read · computed from their figures

Smart Garden Products Ltd has filed 9 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2022). Their latest report puts the average at 23 days against stated terms of 30–90 days.

The direction is faster: from 26 to 23 days over the window — about 3 days faster.

In the latest period 45% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 3% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

We have differing terms for each supplier, but our most common standard contractual length of time for payment of invoices for our UK suppliers are 30 days from document date and 30 or 45 days from the end of the month that the invoice is dated. We also have a large number of suppliers based abroad, where our payment terms differ from those in the UK. Our standard contractual length of time for payment of non-UK invoices range from deposit payments to 90 days from date of shipment of goods.

Dispute resolution

If there is a dispute with a supplier regarding payment of a purchase invoice, the supplier is advised to contact the business by either telephone or email. The query will initially be dealt with by one of the accounts team responsible for the payments and escalated to a supervisor as appropriate. We aim to resolve disputes within seven days.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20262345%3%16 Jun 2026
H2 20252246%1%9 Dec 2025
H1 20252143%2%19 Jun 2025
H2 20242345%2%13 Dec 2024
H1 20242546%2%14 Jun 2024
H2 20232644%2%12 Dec 2023
H1 20232548%2%12 Jun 2023
H2 20222345%4%6 Dec 2022
H1 20222640%2%27 Jun 2022

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 3 days faster over the window (26 → 23 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 23, moving within about ±1 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
Can I see what this means for my invoices?
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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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