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Port of Sheerness Limited

Registered as PORT OF SHEERNESS LIMITED. Company number 02639118. 16 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 29 October 2026.

44days 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, Port of Sheerness Limited reported that it took an average of 44 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 27% of invoices within 30 days, 47% in 31 to 60 days and 26% after more than 60 days. It said 28% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 23% 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 39 days, so it is 5 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 33 Sep 2020 32 Mar 2021 35 Sep 2021 32 Mar 2022 26 Sep 2022 32 Mar 2023 41 Sep 2023 35 Sep 2024 26 Mar 2025 39 Sep 2025 42 Mar 2026 44 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 29 Oct 2026 44 27%47%26%28% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 30 Apr 2026 42 35%42%23%25% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 31 Oct 2025 39 36%44%20%21% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 1 May 2025 26 65%25%10%10% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 31 Oct 2024 35 59%28%13%10% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 30 Apr 2024 41 62%25%13%11% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 2 May 2023 32 64%25%11%17% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 26 Oct 2022 26 64%26%10%16% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 29 Apr 2022 32 72%18%10%18% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 28 Oct 2021 35 46%41%13%17% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 28 Apr 2021 32 82%6%12%8% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 28 Oct 2020 33 70%17%13%33% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 30 Apr 2020 23 78%20%2%35% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 23 Oct 2019 31 57%39%4%31% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 24 Apr 2019 33 54%40%6%33% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 23 Oct 2018 32 55%40%5%28% 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.