# Spot UK companies getting slower to pay suppliers

**Use case:** 

Finds large UK companies whose latest payment practices report shows them paying at least 5 days slower than in their previous report. Sorted by the biggest slowdown, with current days to pay, % paid late and e-invoicing status. An early-warning signal for credit risk, collections and cash-flow lenders.

## Input

```json
{
  "mode": "snapshot",
  "watchlistName": "default",
  "alertOn": "materialChange",
  "emitBaselineOnFirstRun": false,
  "maxReportAgeMonths": 18,
  "activeOnly": false,
  "minAvgDaysToPay": 45,
  "minAvgDaysToPayChange": 5,
  "onlyNoEInvoicing": false,
  "onlyNoSupplyChainFinance": false,
  "trends": [
    "WORSENING"
  ],
  "sortBy": "avgDaysToPayChange",
  "maxResults": 25,
  "termThresholdDays": 60,
  "worseningThresholdDays": 5,
  "worseningThresholdPctPoints": 10,
  "highLateSharePct": 30,
  "includeCompaniesHouse": true,
  "chEnrichment": "auto",
  "maxApiLookups": 300,
  "cacheHours": 12,
  "forceRefresh": false
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "companyName": {
    "label": "Company",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "companyNumber": {
    "label": "Number",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "latePaymentScore": {
    "label": "Late score",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "trend": {
    "label": "Trend",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "avgDaysToPay": {
    "label": "Avg days to pay",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "avgDaysToPayChange": {
    "label": "Δ days",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "pctNotPaidWithinAgreedTerms": {
    "label": "% late",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "maxContractualTermDays": {
    "label": "Max term (d)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "eInvoicingOffered": {
    "label": "E-invoicing",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "supplyChainFinanceOffered": {
    "label": "SCF",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "accountsCategory": {
    "label": "Accounts"
  },
  "region": {
    "label": "Region"
  },
  "postTown": {
    "label": "Town"
  },
  "sicCodes": {
    "label": "SIC",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "reportUrl": {
    "label": "Source report",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "companiesHouseStatus": {
    "label": "Companies house status",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The UK Late Payers & Payment Practices Scraper Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Spot UK companies getting slower to pay suppliers". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/MIr48OdhM1MHtsY1C) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Spot UK companies getting slower to pay suppliers" task

The UK Late Payers & Payment Practices Scraper Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like mode, watchlist name (monitor mode), and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Spot UK companies getting slower to pay suppliers" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as company, number, late score, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "Spot UK companies getting slower to pay suppliers" task via API](https://apify.com/battles_2026/uk-late-payer-signals.md).

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [UK Late Payers & Payment Practices Scraper](https://apify.com/battles_2026/uk-late-payer-signals.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/battles_2026/uk-late-payer-signals.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/battles_2026/uk-late-payer-signals.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).