Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Smart DCC Limited pays suppliers in 22 days on average — within its stated 1–60 day terms

CRN 08641679 · Other services · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Sept 2026

22daysavg time to pay · H2 2026

Their H2 2026 filing puts the average 21 days past the shortest term they state (1 days), still within their 60-day upper term.

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

Their stated terms: 1–60 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 11% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 1%
Reporting period: 1 Apr 2026 – 30 Sept 2026
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 6 Oct 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H2 2026 filing

Paid within their stated range — 22 against 1–60 days

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–65

avg 22d

0 days65 days

reported avg 22 days their filed terms 1–60 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 89% 31–60 days 10% 61+ days 1%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #117290, period 1 Apr 2026 – 30 Sept 2026, filed 6 Oct 2026 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Smart DCC Limited pays within its stated range, 21 days past the shortest term. 11% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 1% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H2 2026 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 16 reports

18 → 22 days — slowing down

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 16 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

4 days slower across the window. From 18 days in H1 2024 to 22 in the H2 2026 filing; the dashed line marks the 1-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Smart DCC Limited's H2 2026 filing puts their average at 22 days against stated terms of 1–60 days; 11% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 1% took 61 days or longer. Filed 6 Oct 2026.

The direction is slower: from 18 days in H1 2024 to 22 now — 4 days slower across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Faster than 80% of the 115 large companies reporting in other services.

That is 16 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2019) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing Offers supply-chain finance

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard Payment terms are 30 days

Dispute resolution

All contracts with major suppliers have a detailed dispute resolution process outlined in their contracts, which includes issuing a dispute notice, escalation routes if the dispute cannot be resolved, including mediation and arbitration. For smaller suppliers or initial concerns/complaints there would first be raised to a business contact and then referred to the appropriate team, e.g. supplier relationship management team or finance team for resolution within a reasonable period of time.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2026	22	11%	1%	6 Oct 2026
H1 2026	20	14%	0%	9 Apr 2026
H2 2025	26	1%	1%	16 Oct 2025
H1 2025	20	0%	0%	7 Apr 2025
H2 2024	18	0%	0%	11 Oct 2024
H1 2024	18	2%	2%	3 Apr 2024
H2 2023	22	6%	4%	6 Oct 2023
H1 2023	21	8%	6%	9 May 2023
H2 2022	19	2%	1%	31 Oct 2022
H1 2022	19	2%	0%	28 Apr 2022
H2 2021	20	2%	0%	21 Oct 2021
H1 2021	18	2%	0%	10 Apr 2021
H2 2020	20	3%	0%	26 Oct 2020
H1 2020	17	13%	2%	22 Apr 2020
H2 2019	26	29%	7%	31 Oct 2019
H1 2019	26	19%	3%	30 Apr 2019

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 7 Aug 2013
Registered office: FIRST FLOOR, 2 KINGDOM STREET, LONDON, W2 6BD

1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 22-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 22-day vs a 1-day payment cycle.

≈ £8,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 22-day cycle — about £8,300 more than the same account would carry at 1-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 · Smart DCC Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 4 days slower over the window (18 → 22 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report puts the average at day 22; across their last 6 reports it ranged 18–26 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?

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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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