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Stearn Electric Company Limited

Registered as STEARN ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED. Company number 00201097. 16 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 29 July 2026.

56days on average to pay

  • Within 30 days
  • 31 to 60 days
  • Over 60 days

In the reporting period from 1 January 2026 to 30 June 2026, Stearn Electric Company Limited reported that it took an average of 56 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 14% of invoices within 30 days, 41% in 31 to 60 days and 45% after more than 60 days. It said 8% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 11% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 30 June 2025, the average was 58 days, so it is 2 days faster now. It reported construction contracts in this period, with no retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 65 Jun 2020 64 Dec 2020 64 Jun 2021 65 Dec 2021 64 Jun 2022 74 Dec 2022 61 Jun 2023 60 Dec 2023 58 Dec 2024 58 Jun 2025 57 Dec 2025 56 Jun 2026

Bars are labelled with the month the period ended. The dashed line marks 30 days.

Every report filed

PeriodFiledAverage daysWithin 30 days31 to 60Over 60Not within termsSource
Jan to Jun 2026 29 Jul 2026 56 14%41%45%8% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 30 Jan 2026 57 15%38%47%9% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 31 Jul 2025 58 14%39%47%8% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 31 Jan 2025 58 15%37%48%8% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 30 Jul 2024 60 12%39%49%9% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 31 Jul 2023 61 11%38%51%9% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 31 Jan 2023 74 9%37%54%10% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 28 Jul 2022 64 8%39%53%11% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 31 Jan 2022 65 8%37%55%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 30 Jul 2021 64 6%38%56%9% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 28 Jan 2021 64 8%38%54%11% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 31 Jul 2020 65 8%37%55%10% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 31 Jan 2020 64 8%38%54%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 29 Jul 2019 66 7%34%59%8% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 31 Jan 2019 66 7%35%58%9% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 31 Jul 2018 69 7%31%62%21% Report

Source: the company's filings on Check payment practices. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are as filed. We do not change them.