Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk
How long does Sunlife Limited take to pay its suppliers?
Self-reported figure from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.
On the public register · Companies House
Company record
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 23 May 2005
- Registered office
- 10 BRINDLEYPLACE, BIRMINGHAM, B1 2JB
Terms vs reality
Stated terms: 30 days. Reported average: 19.
At a glance
The key figures
Vs peers · latest reported averages
The pattern
Getting faster
Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.
Where their supplier invoices land · latest period
The read · computed from their figures
Sunlife Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 19 days against stated terms of 30 days.
The direction is faster: from 23 to 19 days over the window — about 4 days faster.
In the latest period 1% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 0% landed 61+ days out.
What they tell their suppliers
In their own words · from the filing
Standard payment terms
The business' standard payment terms are for all undisputed invoices to be paid within 30 days of receipt. The maximum contractual payment period is 30 days from the receipt of an invoice and there have been no changes to the business' standard payment terms in the reporting period. Sunlife pay in line with variable contracted terms, in the vast majority of cases this is 30 days from the date of invoice but there are differing terms in place with different suppliers. We will agree to shorter terms if the contractual negotiations require it.
Dispute resolution
Phoenix has a dispute resolution process for staff to follow should a query or dispute of an invoice arise, which is published on the intranet. The dispute resolution process is supplemented from a supplier facing perspective with the relevant contractual provisions for invoice query, escalation and dispute processes.
Every statutory report on record
Most recent first.
| Period | Avg days | Outside terms | 61+ days | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H1 2026 | 19 | 1% | 0% | 31 Jul 2026 |
| H2 2025 | 19 | 2% | 0% | 27 Jan 2026 |
| H1 2025 | 21 | 0% | 0% | 31 Jul 2025 |
| H2 2024 | 22 | 5% | 1% | 30 Jan 2025 |
| H1 2024 | 24 | 6% | 2% | 30 Jul 2024 |
| H2 2023 | 23 | 8% | 1% | 5 Feb 2024 |
| H1 2023 | 23 | 4% | 0% | 27 Jul 2023 |
| H2 2022 | 30 | 7% | 1% | 3 Feb 2023 |
| H1 2022 | 24 | 3% | 0% | 1 Aug 2022 |
| H2 2021 | 24 | 3% | 1% | 25 Feb 2022 |
| H1 2021 | 23 | 4% | 1% | 30 Jul 2021 |
| H2 2020 | 21 | 1% | 1% | 29 Jan 2021 |
| H1 2020 | 23 | 4% | 1% | 31 Jul 2020 |
| H2 2019 | 22 | 6% | 1% | 29 Jan 2020 |
| H1 2019 | 21 | 5% | 1% | 31 Jul 2019 |
| H2 2018 | 19 | 5% | 0% | 30 Jan 2019 |
| H1 2018 | 30 | 36% | 5% | 30 Jul 2018 |
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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 6,185 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).
Report PL-05460862 · latest period to 30 Jun 2026
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