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Surfachem Limited

Registered as SURFACHEM LIMITED. Company number 01565953. 13 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 April 2026, filed 25 June 2026.

78days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 November 2025 to 30 April 2026, Surfachem Limited reported that it took an average of 78 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 35% of invoices within 30 days, 41% in 31 to 60 days and 24% after more than 60 days. It said 52% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 2% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 30 April 2025, the average was 52 days, so it is 26 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 29 Apr 2018 32 Oct 2018 36 Apr 2019 40 Oct 2019 51 Apr 2022 48 Oct 2022 46 Apr 2023 46 Oct 2023 39 Apr 2024 52 Apr 2025 88 Oct 2025 78 Apr 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
Nov 2025 to Apr 2026 25 Jun 2026 78 35%41%24%52% Report
May to Oct 2025 25 Jun 2026 88 35%39%26%54% Report
Nov 2024 to Apr 2025 25 Jun 2026 52 35%35%30%63% Report
Nov 2023 to Apr 2024 19 Aug 2024 39 43%40%17%39% Report
May to Oct 2023 19 Aug 2024 46 33%46%21%58% Report
Nov 2022 to Apr 2023 19 Aug 2024 46 35%42%23%67% Report
May to Oct 2022 15 Dec 2022 48 34%36%30%62% Report
Nov 2021 to Apr 2022 9 Jun 2022 51 37%34%29%65% Report
May to Oct 2019 21 Nov 2019 40 50%38%12%21% Report
Nov 2018 to Apr 2019 13 May 2019 36 52%38%10%24% Report
May to Oct 2018 27 Nov 2018 32 57%34%9%21% Report
Nov 2017 to Apr 2018 30 May 2018 29 58%33%9%21% Report
May to Oct 2017 28 Nov 2017 32 57%34%9%23% 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.