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How long does Kingston Smith LLP take to pay its suppliers?

CRN OC317343 · 18 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Apr 2026

32days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Slower than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

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

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On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Limited Liability Partnership
Incorporated
23 Jan 2006
Registered office
6TH FLOOR, LONDON, EC2A 2AP
1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 7–60 days. Reported average: 32.

Stated terms7–60d
+25 days
Reported avg32d

At a glance

The key figures

7–60d
their stated terms
53%
invoices paid outside terms
+12d
slower over the window
±4d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 50% of large companies reporting.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 7d
20
23
24
26
29
32
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 47% 31–60 days 43% 61+ days 10%

The read · computed from their figures

Kingston Smith LLP has filed 18 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2017). Their latest report puts the average at 32 days against stated terms of 7–60 days.

The direction is slower: from 20 to 32 days over the window — about 12 days slower.

In the latest period 53% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 10% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

8% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

We can't have only one standard payment set of terms for every single supplier given the wide scope of supplier types. 30 days is the expected standard by default unless otherwise agreed on an occasional individual basis. All invoices are subject to approval by budget holders in the first instance. Invoices payable 'on presentation' treated as 7 days.

Dispute resolution

Designated accounts payable email boxes for invoices, separate for statements and correspondence. Monitored and checked and answered by an experienced purchase ledger team. Suppliers are made aware of issues on invoices and can be directed to budget holders where authorisation is pending, or to further resolve any problems.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20263253%10%31 May 2026
H2 20252951%6%29 Nov 2025
H1 20252629%4%28 May 2025
H2 20242428%2%29 Nov 2024
H1 20242324%2%6 Jun 2024
H2 20232014%3%30 Nov 2023
H1 20232629%6%31 May 2023
H2 20222223%3%26 Nov 2022
H1 20222118%2%31 May 2022
H2 20212526%6%29 Nov 2021
H1 20212630%4%27 May 2021
H2 20202426%5%16 Nov 2020
H1 20201920%2%29 May 2020
H2 20192020%2%30 Nov 2019
H1 20192122%3%23 May 2019
H2 20182423%4%26 Nov 2018
H1 20182625%6%25 May 2018
H2 2017222%2%30 Nov 2017

Working-capital effect

What a 32-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 32-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £12,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 32-day cycle — about £9,900 more than the same account would carry at 7-day terms.

Late Payment Act. The Late Payment of Commercial Debts Act 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

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 12 days slower over the window (20 → 32 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 32, moving within about ±4 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
Can I see what this means for my invoices?
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How UK payment reporting works

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 6,185 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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