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How long does Sopp and Sopp Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 04821560 · Transport & storage · 5 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2026

43days
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
4 Jul 2003
Registered office
SUMMIT PARK, PETERBOROUGH, PE7 8FD
1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Jun 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 14–60 days. Reported average: 43.

Stated terms14–60d
+29 days
Reported avg43d

At a glance

The key figures

14–60d
their stated terms
21%
invoices paid outside terms
±4d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 73% of the 248 large companies reporting in transport & storage.

The pattern

Holding steady

Average days to pay across their last 5 statutory reports.

terms 14d
43
48
50
44
43
H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 39% 31–60 days 55% 61+ days 6%

The read · computed from their figures

Sopp and Sopp Limited has filed 5 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2024). Their latest report puts the average at 43 days against stated terms of 14–60 days.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±4 days period to period.

In the latest period 21% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 6% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing 2% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Our standard payment terms are 60 days from which the invoice is processed. There are variations on this dependant on the location of the supplier and the type of work undertaken and are agreed with the supplier when their contract is signed.

Dispute resolution

The company is committed to dealing with supplier queries in a fair, professional and timely manner. Before an invoice is entered onto the general ledger it was be approved by the appropriate manager. If an invoice is queried it is returned to the supplier by our transactional finance team. The query explanation is logged against the invoice to keep track of progress when reconciling the supplier account. The company has a pool of network managers who will assist with any queries with suppliers.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20264321%6%30 Apr 2026
H2 20254423%9%25 Oct 2025
H1 20255026%9%30 Apr 2025
H2 20244829%16%30 Oct 2024
H1 20244330%18%29 Apr 2024

Working-capital effect

What a 43-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 43-day vs a 14-day payment cycle.

≈ £17,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 43-day cycle — about £11,400 more than the same account would carry at 14-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 ±4 days period to period, around 43 days.
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 43, moving within about ±4 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
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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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