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Sumika Polymer Compounds (UK) Ltd

Registered as SUMIKA POLYMER COMPOUNDS (UK) LTD. Company number 02594313. 16 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 March 2026, filed 28 April 2026.

26days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 October 2025 to 31 March 2026, Sumika Polymer Compounds (UK) Ltd reported that it took an average of 26 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 72% of invoices within 30 days, 24% in 31 to 60 days and 4% after more than 60 days. It said 23% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 64% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 31 March 2025, the average was 27 days, so it is 1 day faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 33 Sep 2020 34 Mar 2021 31 Sep 2021 37 Mar 2022 34 Sep 2022 31 Mar 2023 32 Sep 2023 28 Mar 2024 28 Sep 2024 27 Mar 2025 25 Sep 2025 26 Mar 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
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 28 Apr 2026 26 72%24%4%23% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 24 Oct 2025 25 76%21%3%16% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 28 Apr 2025 27 69%25%6%30% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 22 Oct 2024 28 70%23%7%24% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 24 Apr 2024 28 66%28%7%30% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 24 Oct 2023 32 59%33%7%25% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 21 Apr 2023 31 62%31%7%26% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 31 Oct 2022 34 48%45%7%30% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 28 Apr 2022 37 50%42%8%30% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 27 Oct 2021 31 63%30%7%16% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 28 Apr 2021 34 62%29%9%8% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 27 Oct 2020 33 60%32%8%14% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 18 May 2020 33 61%30%9%19% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 30 Oct 2019 31 61%30%9%16% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 18 Apr 2019 29 67%26%7%19% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 22 Oct 2018 31 61%31%8%19% 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.