Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Essence Global Limited pays suppliers in 118 days on average — 58 days past its stated terms

CRN 05467689 · Professional & technical services · 8 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

118daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 58 days past the 60-day term they state.

Well behindvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers

Their stated terms: 25–60 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 3% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 58%
Reporting period: 1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 30 Jul 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid 58 days past their stated terms

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–130

avg 118d

0 days130 days

reported avg 118 days their filed terms 25–60 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 26% 31–60 days 16% 61+ days 58%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #115354, period 1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026, filed 30 Jul 2026 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Essence Global Limited pays 58 days past its own stated terms. 3% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 58% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2026 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 8 reports

71 → 118 days — slowing down

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 8 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

47 days slower across the window. From 71 days in H1 2019 to 118 in the H1 2026 filing; the dashed line marks the 25-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Essence Global Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 118 days against stated terms of 25–60 days; 3% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 58% took 61 days or longer. Filed 30 Jul 2026.

The direction is slower: from 71 days in H1 2019 to 118 now — 47 days slower across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 99% of the 510 large companies reporting in professional & technical services.

That is 8 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing 3% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

We pay our media vendors in line with industry standards, dependant on media type, which are between 25 and 60 days from receipt of a valid invoice following the end of the month of media activity. Where appropriate, vendors are required to also provide supporting documentation confirming media activity has run.

Dispute resolution

We have a defined dispute resolution process to ensure that all supplier invoices are processed as efficiently as possible. Suppliers are provided with details of the issues that may affect the processing of their invoices and assistance by providing guidance on what is to be provided on their invoices to ensure payment can be made in a timely manner. Our AP helpdesk offers suppliers support through to query resolution and can be contacted via a dedicated e-mail address or phone number. All invoices that are in query are logged and if unresolved at the time of supplier payment, details of the reasons for payment delay are communicated to the relevant suppliers.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	118	3%	58%	30 Jul 2026
H1 2025	101	3%	73%	29 Jul 2025
H2 2021	65	44%	35%	3 Feb 2022
H1 2020	59	52%	31%	12 Aug 2020
H2 2019	56	54%	23%	5 Feb 2020
H1 2019	71	68%	47%	3 Sept 2019
H2 2018	46	46%	23%	30 Jan 2019
H1 2018	52	48%	32%	27 Jul 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 31 May 2005
Registered office: SEA CONTAINERS, LONDON, SE1 9GL

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 118-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 118-day vs a 25-day payment cycle.

≈ £46,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 118-day cycle — about £36,700 more than the same account would carry at 25-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 · Essence Global Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 47 days slower over the window (71 → 118 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report puts the average at day 118; across their last 6 reports it ranged 56–118 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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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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