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Stephenson Harwood Services Limited

Registered as STEPHENSON HARWOOD SERVICES LIMITED. Company number 02900722. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 April 2026, filed 28 May 2026.

70days 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, Stephenson Harwood Services Limited reported that it took an average of 70 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 12% of invoices within 30 days, 38% in 31 to 60 days and 50% after more than 60 days. It said 63% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 4% 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 53 days, so it is 17 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 25 Oct 2020 22 Apr 2021 29 Oct 2021 38 Apr 2022 52 Oct 2022 59 Apr 2023 59 Oct 2023 67 Apr 2024 59 Oct 2024 53 Apr 2025 70 Oct 2025 70 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 28 May 2026 70 12%38%50%63% Report
May to Oct 2025 27 Nov 2025 70 15%43%42%48% Report
Nov 2024 to Apr 2025 23 May 2025 53 21%54%25%47% Report
May to Oct 2024 25 Nov 2024 59 18%51%31%51% Report
Nov 2023 to Apr 2024 30 May 2024 67 27%40%33%56% Report
May to Oct 2023 27 Nov 2023 59 25%40%35%60% Report
Nov 2022 to Apr 2023 26 May 2023 59 23%38%39%59% Report
May to Oct 2022 30 Nov 2022 52 46%26%28%42% Report
Nov 2021 to Apr 2022 30 Nov 2022 38 60%26%14%26% Report
May to Oct 2021 30 Nov 2021 29 74%16%10%17% Report
Nov 2020 to Apr 2021 27 May 2021 22 91%5%4%9% Report
May to Oct 2020 27 May 2021 25 88%6%6%7% Report
Nov 2019 to Apr 2020 29 May 2020 23 89%6%5%7% Report
May to Oct 2019 30 Nov 2019 17 87%12%1%2% Report
Oct 2018 to Apr 2019 30 May 2019 18 80%12%8%12% Report
May to Oct 2018 30 Nov 2018 19 85%8%7%10% Report
Nov 2017 to Apr 2018 30 May 2018 17 86%10%4%7% Report
May to Oct 2017 30 Nov 2017 14 87%4%9%3% 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.