Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

SBFM Limited pays suppliers in 47 days on average — within its stated 30–90 day terms

CRN 08517137 · Administrative & support services · 2 statutory reports on record · period to 31 May 2026

47daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 17 days past the shortest term they state (30 days), still within their 90-day upper term.

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

Their stated terms: 30–90 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 10% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 5%
Reporting period: 1 Dec 2025 – 31 May 2026
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 3 Jun 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid within their stated range — 47 against 30–90 days

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reported avg 47 days their filed terms 30–90 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 19% 31–60 days 76% 61+ days 5%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #112262, period 1 Dec 2025 – 31 May 2026, filed 3 Jun 2026 · gov.uk payment-practices service

SBFM Limited pays within its stated range, 17 days past the shortest term. 10% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 5% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2026 filing.

The read · computed from their figures

SBFM Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 47 days against stated terms of 30–90 days; 10% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 5% took 61 days or longer. Filed 3 Jun 2026.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 85% of the 593 large companies reporting in administrative & support services.

That is 2 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2025) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Our standard payment terms state that payment of supplier invoices for goods and services will be made within 60 days of receipt of invoice when a correct, undisputed and properly due VAT invoice is received. However, consideration is given to SME suppliers and public sector contractors where alternative payment terms of 30 days from receipt of invoice where a correct, undisputed and properly due VAT invoice is received may be agreed. The business operates a no purchase order, no pay policy. Any invoice received without a vaIid purchase order number is rejected and returned to the supplier.

Dispute resolution

In the event of a dispute Accounts Payable with liaise with the procuring department and supplier directly to resovle the query. We operate a no purchase order no pay policy and suppliers are instructed not to supply goods or services without a purchase order which minimises disputes.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	47	10%	5%	3 Jun 2026
H2 2025	52	10%	7%	19 Dec 2025

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 7 May 2013
Registered office: 3 GREENGATE, HARROGATE, HG3 1GY

1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 28 Feb 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 47-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 47-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £18,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 47-day cycle — about £6,700 more than the same account would carry at 30-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 · SBFM Limited

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

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