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Sumitomo Corporation Europe Limited

Registered as SUMITOMO CORPORATION EUROPE LIMITED. Company number 01885117. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 28 October 2026.

31days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 April 2026 to 30 September 2026, Sumitomo Corporation Europe Limited reported that it took an average of 31 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 77% of invoices within 30 days, 19% in 31 to 60 days and 4% after more than 60 days. It said 16% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 50% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 30 September 2025, the average was 32 days, so it is 1 day faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 35 Mar 2021 34 Sep 2021 30 Mar 2022 33 Sep 2022 37 Mar 2023 35 Sep 2023 34 Mar 2024 34 Sep 2024 33 Mar 2025 32 Sep 2025 31 Mar 2026 31 Sep 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
Apr to Sep 2026 28 Oct 2026 31 77%19%4%16% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 30 Apr 2026 31 74%22%4%20% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 29 Oct 2025 32 77%18%5%17% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 28 Apr 2025 33 71%23%6%26% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 29 Oct 2024 34 70%22%8%39% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 30 Apr 2024 34 73%19%8%36% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 31 Oct 2023 35 75%17%7%27% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 26 Oct 2023 37 72%20%8%27% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 27 Oct 2022 33 79%15%6%21% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 26 Apr 2022 30 73%19%8%7% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 21 Mar 2022 34 82%15%3%42% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 30 Apr 2021 35 74%17%9%16% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 30 Oct 2020 36 73%20%7%14% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 30 Apr 2020 32 75%18%6%14% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 28 Oct 2019 33 76%18%6%8% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 30 Apr 2019 32 73%22%5%7% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 30 Oct 2018 34 69%23%7%9% 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.