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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Smith Anderson Group Limited pays suppliers in 59 days on average

CRN SC207391 · Manufacturing · 7 statutory reports on record · period to 2 Apr 2026

59daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average at 59 days, with 20% of invoices paid outside the terms they agreed.

Slower than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Paid outside agreed terms
20% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
59%
Reporting period
3 Oct 2025 – 2 Apr 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 21 May 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Where 59 days sits on the clock

The pattern · last 6 of 7 reports

68 → 59 days — getting faster

The read · computed from their figures

Smith Anderson Group Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 59 days; 20% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 59% took 61 days or longer. Filed 21 May 2026.

The direction is faster: from 68 days in H2 2023 to 59 now — 9 days faster across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 77% of the 977 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

That is 7 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2023) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

20% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard contractual terms for goods and services is 60 days.

Dispute resolution

The main point of contact for disputes is through our Accounts Payable department.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20265920%59%21 May 2026
H2 20255555%55%8 Dec 2025
H1 20256261%61%6 Aug 2025
H2 20246063%63%27 Jan 2025
H1 20246164%64%16 Dec 2024
H2 20236873%73%26 Apr 2024
H1 20236567%67%28 Apr 2023

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
23 May 2000
Registered office
ROSSLYN COMMERCE PARK, KIRKCALDY, KY1 3NA
1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Jun 2027

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Quick answers · Smith Anderson Group Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 9 days faster over the window (68 → 59 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report puts the average at day 59; across their last 6 reports it ranged 55–68 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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