Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Smart Meter Assets 1 Ltd pays suppliers in 32 days on average

CRN 08862096 · Administrative & support services · 2 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

32daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average at 32 days, with 44% of invoices paid outside the terms they agreed.

Around averagevs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers

Paid outside agreed terms: 44% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 6%
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

Where 32 days sits on the clock

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–40

avg 32d

0 days40 days

reported avg 32 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 79% 31–60 days 15% 61+ days 6%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #115418, period 1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026, filed 30 Jul 2026 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Smart Meter Assets 1 Ltd reported an average of 32 days. 44% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 6% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2026 filing.

The read · computed from their figures

Smart Meter Assets 1 Ltd's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 32 days; 44% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 6% took 61 days or longer. Filed 30 Jul 2026.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 61% 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

Primary payment terms are net 30 days

Dispute resolution

Our dispute resolution process is detailed in each contract under a dispute resolution clause which may vary per contract. If a resolution cannot be found between senior staff, mediation can be sought and court proceedings would follow if necessary.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	32	44%	6%	30 Jul 2026
H2 2025	18	0%	0%	31 Jan 2026

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 27 Jan 2014
Registered office: GROUND FLOOR, SOUTH WING ABBOTSGATE HOUSE, BURY ST EDMUNDS, IP32 7FA

2 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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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.

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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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