St. James’s Place plc – Annual report – 31 December 2025
Industry: finance
Directors’ report (extract)
Payment practices and performance in respect to suppliers
The following information is provided under the Companies (Directors’ Report) (Payment Reporting) Regulations 2025.
The payment period specified in the Company’s standard payment terms in its qualifying contracts between it and its suppliers is 30 calendar days. The Company did not vary the standard payment terms in its qualifying contracts between it and its suppliers in the financial year.
The average days taken to make payments in the reporting period was 17 days. The percentage of payments made within 30 days was 91.6% (totalling £404.96m). The percentage of payments made between 31 and 60 days was 7.0% (totalling £108.07m) and the percentage of payments made on or after day 61 was 1.4% (totalling £16.57m). Regarding the payments which fell due within the financial year 1 January to 31 December 2025, the total percentage of payments not made within the payment period was 8.4%. The sum total of these payments was £124.64m.
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