| Reporting Period | Filing Date | Average Time to Pay (days) | Paid within 30 days | Paid 31-60 days | Paid after 60 days | Not Paid within Terms |
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| 01 Oct 2025 - 31 Mar 2026 | 27 Apr 2026 | 36 | 45% | 54% | 1% | 9% |
| 01 Apr 2025 - 30 Sept 2025 | 28 Oct 2025 | 39 | 38% | 61% | 1% | 9% |
| 01 Oct 2024 - 31 Mar 2025 | 29 Apr 2025 | 49 | 41% | 35% | 24% | 5% |
| 01 Apr 2024 - 30 Sept 2024 | 30 Oct 2024 | 38 | 52% | 24% | 24% | 7% |
| 01 Oct 2023 - 31 Mar 2024 | 26 Apr 2024 | 22 | 76% | 17% | 7% | 13% |
| 01 Apr 2023 - 30 Sept 2023 | 27 Oct 2023 | 16 | 85% | 12% | 3% | 22% |
This information is as reported by the business, and responses are in their own words.
Standard payment terms
Sureserve Energy Services Meters Ltd agrees payment terms with suppliers and subcontractors as part of contract negotiations. Payment terms vary from a lower range of immediate terms, to 60 days. Our initial standard terms are 30 days end of month.
Were there any changes to the standard payment terms in the reporting period?
No information available
Any other information about payment terms
The statistical information provided includes payments to both suppliers and subcontractors. Subcontractors are paid either end of each month or mid month (30 days and 45 days).
Maximum contractual payment period agreed
60
SESM actively seeks to resolve disputes by discussing them with the relevant suppliers or subcontractors. The process may then involve commercial teams or senior management. Where it is not possible to reach agreement a number of dispute resolution methods such as mediation, adjudication, litigation and/or arbitration may be used.
Has this business signed up to a code of conduct or standards on payment practices?
For example, signatories to The Prompt Payment Code must commit to paying 95% of their invoices within 60 days.
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Does this business offer e-invoicing in relation to qualifying contracts?
This is where suppliers can electronically submit and track invoices. It's not just allowing suppliers to email them an invoice.
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Does this business offer supply chain finance?
This is where a supplier who has submitted an invoice can be paid by a third-party finance provider earlier than the agreed payment date. The business would then pay the finance provider the invoiced sum.
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Under its payment practices and policies, can this business deduct sums from payments under qualifying contracts as a charge for remaining on a supplier list?
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During the reporting period, did the business deduct sums from payments as a charge for remaining on a supplier list?
No information available
Sureserve Energy Services Meters Limited is a registered company forming part of Sureserve Group, a UK business that works with housing associations, local authorities and social housing residents. The group provides heating, energy efficiency, compliance and renewable energy services, including stock surveying, maintenance, fabric first retrofitting and support for decarbonisation projects across social housing. It also offers guidance to residents on improving home energy efficiency. The company's name indicates a role linked to energy services and metering within this wider group structure, though the evidence describes activities at group level rather than detailing this specific entity's own operations.
Generated from the company's website and Companies House records. Sources: providor.co.uk