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Sun Chemical Limited

Registered as SUN CHEMICAL LIMITED. Company number 02647054. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 13 July 2026.

36days 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, Sun Chemical Limited reported that it took an average of 36 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 53% of invoices within 30 days, 30% in 31 to 60 days and 17% after more than 60 days. It said 7% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 37% 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 41 days, so it is 5 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 39 Dec 2020 39 Jun 2021 38 Dec 2021 39 Jun 2022 39 Dec 2022 38 Jun 2023 39 Dec 2023 44 Jun 2024 42 Dec 2024 41 Jun 2025 44 Dec 2025 36 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 13 Jul 2026 36 53%30%17%7% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 22 Jan 2026 44 49%31%20%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 23 Jul 2025 41 49%34%17%6% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 14 Jan 2025 42 49%32%19%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 12 Jul 2024 44 44%35%21%15% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 11 Jan 2024 39 58%27%15%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 21 Jul 2023 38 55%26%19%14% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 23 Jan 2023 39 54%28%18%9% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 26 Jul 2022 39 53%27%20%9% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 14 Jan 2022 38 53%28%19%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 21 Jul 2021 39 51%30%19%8% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 22 Jan 2021 39 49%32%19%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 16 Jul 2020 43 43%33%24%9% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 31 Jan 2020 41 47%32%21%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 29 Jul 2019 44 43%33%24%11% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 29 Jan 2019 43 46%31%23%12% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 30 Jul 2018 44 42%31%27%22% 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.