Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Spark Energy Limited paid suppliers in 23 days on average — within its stated 1–30 day terms

CRN SC301188 · 9 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Dec 2021

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 31 Dec 2021 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

23daysavg time to pay · H2 2021

Their H2 2021 filing put the average 22 days past the shortest term they state (1 days), still within their 30-day upper term.

Their stated terms: 1–30 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 15% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 4%
Reporting period: 1 Jul 2021 – 31 Dec 2021
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 26 Jan 2022

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

Terms vs reality · their H2 2021 filing

Paid within their stated range — 23 against 1–30 days

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

avg 23d

0 days40 days

reported avg 23 days their filed terms 1–30 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 91% 31–60 days 5% 61+ days 4%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #53520, period 1 Jul 2021 – 31 Dec 2021, filed 26 Jan 2022 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Spark Energy Limited paid within its stated range, 22 days past the shortest term. 15% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 4% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H2 2021 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 9 reports

Held steady around 23 days

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 9 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

Steady around 23 days. Their reported average has moved within about ±10 days period to period; the dashed line marks the 1-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Spark Energy Limited's H2 2021 filing put their average at 23 days against stated terms of 1–30 days; 15% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 4% took 61 days or longer. Filed 26 Jan 2022.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±10 days period to period.

That is 9 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2017) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Our standard payment terms are 30 days after receipt of invoice. We hold individual agreements with some of our suppliers for differing terms ranging from immediate to the standard 30 days, and also direct debit payments.

Dispute resolution

The Company has a dedicated accounts payable team, which can be reached by Email or Phone. Suppliers with invoice queries need to contact this team, and if the accounts payables ream is not able to resolve they escalate the issue to the buyer associated with the invoice. Disputes are handled by a combination of the accounts payable team and the buyer’s department who placed the order, and will be escalated to senior management if it cannot be resolved satisfactorily.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2021	23	15%	4%	26 Jan 2022
H1 2021	43	52%	23%	30 Jul 2021
H2 2020	24	39%	2%	13 Jul 2021
H1 2020	29	24%	2%	30 Jul 2020
H2 2019	40	35%	8%	4 Feb 2020
H1 2019	22	17%	2%	31 Jul 2019
H2 2018	15	13%	1%	31 Jan 2019
H1 2018	17	4%	2%	31 Jul 2018
H2 2017	15	1%	1%	30 Jan 2018

Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 23-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 23-day vs a 1-day payment cycle.

≈ £9,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 23-day cycle — about £8,700 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 · Spark Energy Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average was steady — within about ±10 days period to period, around 23 days.

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports averaged around day 23, moving within about ±10 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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