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First Sentier Investors (UK) IM Limited

Registered as FIRST SENTIER INVESTORS (UK) IM LIMITED. Company number SC047708. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 31 July 2026.

14days 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) IM Limited reported that it took an average of 14 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 94% of invoices within 30 days, 6% in 31 to 60 days and 0% after more than 60 days. It said 40% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 90% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. It is unchanged on the same period a year earlier (to 30 June 2025).

Average days to pay, report by report

30 8 Dec 2020 30 Jun 2021 16 Dec 2021 10 Jun 2022 14 Dec 2022 11 Jun 2023 13 Dec 2023 15 Jun 2024 14 Dec 2024 14 Jun 2025 14 Dec 2025 14 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 14 94%6%0%40% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 30 Jan 2026 14 99%0%1%1% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 31 Jul 2025 14 100%0%0%0% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 3 Feb 2025 14 100%0%0%0% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 31 Jul 2024 15 100%0%0%0% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 23 Feb 2024 13 100%0%0%0% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 1 Aug 2023 11 100%0%0%0% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 6 Feb 2023 14 94%6%0%6% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 29 Jul 2022 10 100%0%0%0% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 2 Feb 2022 16 100%0%0%0% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 30 Jul 2021 30 91%9%0%9% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 10 Feb 2021 8 92%8%0%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 30 Jul 2020 12 100%0%0%0% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 6 Feb 2020 10 88%12%0%12% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 29 Jul 2019 15 92%0%8%8% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 30 Jan 2019 6 96%4%0%4% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 31 Jul 2018 6 100%0%0%0% 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.