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First Sentier Investors (UK) Services Limited

Registered as FIRST SENTIER INVESTORS (UK) SERVICES LIMITED. Company number 03904320. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 31 July 2026.

16days 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, First Sentier Investors (UK) Services Limited reported that it took an average of 16 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 92% of invoices within 30 days, 7% in 31 to 60 days and 1% after more than 60 days. It said 8% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 88% 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 18 days, so it is 2 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 31 Dec 2020 21 Jun 2021 21 Dec 2021 18 Jun 2022 23 Dec 2022 19 Jun 2023 17 Dec 2023 17 Jun 2024 18 Dec 2024 18 Jun 2025 17 Dec 2025 16 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 31 Jul 2026 16 92%7%1%8% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 30 Jan 2026 17 98%1%1%1% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 31 Jul 2025 18 98%1%1%1% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 3 Feb 2025 18 98%1%1%1% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 31 Jul 2024 17 98%1%1%2% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 23 Feb 2024 17 98%1%1%25% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 1 Aug 2023 19 95%5%0%5% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 6 Feb 2023 23 93%3%4%7% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 29 Jul 2022 18 94%6%0%6% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 2 Feb 2022 21 92%3%5%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 30 Jul 2021 21 95%3%2%5% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 10 Feb 2021 31 61%23%16%53% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 30 Jul 2020 17 86%11%4%25% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 6 Feb 2020 21 84%14%2%26% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 29 Jul 2019 25 78%17%5%35% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 30 Jan 2019 21 85%12%3%26% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 31 Jul 2018 21 95%4%1%22% Report
Jul to Dec 2017 31 Jan 2018 16 90%7%3%5% 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.