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S.M. Bayne & Company Limited pays suppliers in 22 days on average — inside its 30-day stated terms

CRN SC030423 · Agriculture, forestry & fishing · 13 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Mar 2026

22daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 8 days inside their stated 30-day term.

Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
30 days
Paid outside agreed terms
7% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
3%
Reporting period
1 Oct 2025 – 30 Mar 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 5 May 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid 8 days inside the 30-day term they state

The pattern · last 6 of 13 reports

27 → 22 days — getting faster

The read · computed from their figures

S.M. Bayne & Company Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 22 days against stated terms of 30 days; 7% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 3% took 61 days or longer. Filed 5 May 2026.

The direction is faster: from 27 days in H1 2022 to 22 now — 5 days faster across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Faster than 90% of the 39 large companies reporting in agriculture, forestry & fishing.

That is 13 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

3% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

30 Days

Dispute resolution

The supplier should contact the Accounts Payable department to discuss why payment has not been made. The Accounts Payable department will liaise with the manager who is responsible for authorising the purchase to determine why the purchase has not been authorised for payment. Either to Accounts Payable department or the manager who authorised the purchase will contact the supplier to discuss a resolution.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2026227%3%5 May 2026
H2 20252111%4%16 Dec 2025
H1 2025187%1%12 May 2025
H1 20241910%1%13 May 2024
H1 20232117%3%18 Oct 2023
H1 20222731%1%21 Oct 2022
H2 2021316%2%8 Nov 2021
H1 2021322%1%26 Apr 2021
H2 2020366%5%27 Oct 2020
H1 2020322%1%9 Jul 2020
H2 20193316%2%28 Oct 2019
H1 2019331%1%1 May 2019
H2 2018341%2%30 Apr 2019

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
29 Nov 1954
Registered office
ORWELL BAKERY LOANHEAD AVENUE, FIFE, KY5 8DD
1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Quick answers · S.M. Bayne & Company Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 5 days faster over the window (27 → 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 18–27 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
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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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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