Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Sheffield Forgemasters Engineering Limited pays suppliers in 43 days on average — 28 days past its stated terms

CRN 04864216 · Manufacturing · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2026

43daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 28 days past the 15-day term they state.

Slower than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers

Their stated terms: 15 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 15% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 28%
Reporting period: 1 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 4 May 2026

Self-reported figures from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid 28 days past their stated terms

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–50

avg 43d

0 days50 days

reported avg 43 days their filed terms 15 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 35% 31–60 days 37% 61+ days 28%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #111731, period 1 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2026, filed 4 May 2026 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Sheffield Forgemasters Engineering Limited pays 28 days past its own stated terms. 15% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 28% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2026 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 17 reports

52 → 43 days — getting faster

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 17 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

9 days faster across the window. From 52 days in H2 2023 to 43 in the H1 2026 filing; the dashed line marks the 15-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Sheffield Forgemasters Engineering Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 43 days against stated terms of 15 days; 15% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 28% took 61 days or longer. Filed 4 May 2026.

The direction is faster: from 52 days in H2 2023 to 43 now — 9 days faster across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Faster than 56% of the 977 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

That is 17 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

Payment code: ASME

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Typically 30 or 60 days depending on what is agreed with supplier. Larger value suppliers (particularly Recapitalisation project suppliers, such as Vinci Construction, McLaughlin & Harvey) have 28 day terms which drives the figure paid within 30 days.

Dispute resolution

Varies by supplier, processes not changed from previous reporting periods.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	43	15%	28%	4 May 2026
H2 2025	40	12%	21%	31 Oct 2025
H1 2025	45	8%	28%	10 Jun 2025
H2 2024	50	8%	30%	10 Jun 2025
H1 2024	48	9%	27%	11 Jun 2024
H2 2023	52	18%	30%	29 Jan 2024
H1 2023	50	18%	35%	29 Jan 2024
H2 2022	48	39%	34%	30 Jan 2023
H1 2022	48	19%	34%	2 Aug 2022
H2 2021	53	22%	42%	31 Jan 2022
H1 2021	54	12%	41%	28 Jul 2021
H2 2020	56	11%	46%	1 Feb 2021
H1 2020	47	19%	29%	3 Aug 2020
H2 2019	55	14%	47%	28 Jan 2020
H1 2019	51	11%	41%	31 Jul 2019
H2 2018	62	54%	54%	4 Feb 2019
H1 2018	53	67%	43%	31 Jul 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 12 Aug 2003
Registered office: SHEFFIELD FORGEMASTERS, SHEFFIELD, S9 2RX

5 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 43-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 43-day vs a 15-day payment cycle.

≈ £17,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 43-day cycle — about £11,000 more than the same account would carry at 15-day terms.

Late Payment Act. The Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 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 · Sheffield Forgemasters Engineering Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 9 days faster over the window (52 → 43 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report puts the average at day 43; across their last 6 reports it ranged 40–52 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?

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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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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