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Smflh Operations UK Limited

Registered as SMFLH OPERATIONS UK LIMITED. Company number 11697950. 11 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 22 October 2026.

27days 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, Smflh Operations UK Limited reported that it took an average of 27 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 74% of invoices within 30 days, 22% in 31 to 60 days and 4% after more than 60 days. It said 26% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 61% 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 13 days, so it is 14 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 10 Sep 2021 11 Mar 2022 12 Sep 2022 18 Mar 2023 30 Sep 2023 30 Mar 2024 20 Sep 2024 14 Mar 2025 13 Sep 2025 13 Mar 2026 27 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 22 Oct 2026 27 74%22%4%26% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 23 Apr 2026 13 88%11%1%12% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 13 Oct 2025 13 90%10%0%10% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 30 Apr 2025 14 91%6%3%9% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 25 Oct 2024 20 85%13%2%15% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 24 Apr 2024 30 62%31%7%38% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 1 Nov 2023 30 62%30%8%38% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 28 Apr 2023 18 89%9%2%11% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 28 Oct 2022 12 95%3%2%4% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 28 Oct 2022 11 96%3%1%6% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 29 Oct 2021 10 97%3%0%4% 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.