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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

The Boots Company PLC pays suppliers in 88 days on average — 13 days past its stated terms

CRN 00027657 · Professional & technical services · 14 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Aug 2026

88daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 13 days past the 75-day term they state.

Well behindvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
75 days
Paid outside agreed terms
36% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
68%
Reporting period
1 Mar 2026 – 31 Aug 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 30 Sept 2026

Self-reported figures from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid 13 days past their stated terms

The pattern · last 6 of 14 reports

98 → 88 days — getting faster

The read · computed from their figures

The Boots Company PLC's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 88 days against stated terms of 75 days; 36% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 68% took 61 days or longer. Filed 30 Sept 2026.

The direction is faster: from 98 days in H1 2024 to 88 now — 10 days faster across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 98% of the 510 large companies reporting in professional & technical services.

That is 14 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

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In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Our standard terms are 75 days end of month (unless agreed otherwise). This means that payment will be made on the 75th day (or following business day should this fall on a weekend or public holiday) after the end of the month of invoice.

Dispute resolution

Our purchase orders contain contact details (email and/or telephone) for the relevant helpdesk or department to which payment queries should be directed by suppliers. All queries are managed in accordance with our internal processes and dealt with as quickly as possible.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20268836%68%30 Sept 2026
H1 2026887%77%27 May 2026
H1 202511021%85%30 Sept 2025
H1 20259030%76%12 Aug 2025
H1 20247632%61%11 Aug 2025
H1 20249862%89%16 Aug 2024
H1 202300%0%29 Feb 2024
H1 2023330%0%15 Aug 2023
H1 2022280%0%21 Apr 2023
H1 20221350%100%21 Apr 2023
H1 20195314%12%22 Nov 2019
H1 20193730%100%8 Apr 2019
H1 20186033%14%30 Sept 2018
H1 20186813%86%30 Sept 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Public Limited Company
Incorporated
7 Nov 1888
Registered office
NOTTINGHAM, NG2 3AA
3 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 28 Feb 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 88-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 88-day vs a 75-day payment cycle.

≈ £34,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 88-day cycle — about £5,100 more than the same account would carry at 75-day terms.

Late Payment Act. The Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 lets a supplier charge statutory interest and fixed compensation on invoices paid past agreed terms. Work out what a late invoice is worth → Whether it applies depends on your contract — check with an adviser.

Quick answers · The Boots Company PLC

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 10 days faster over the window (98 → 88 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report puts the average at day 88; across their last 6 reports it ranged 76–110 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
Can I see what this means for my invoices?
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What does "paid outside agreed terms" mean?
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Is this official government data?
The underlying payment figures come from the company's own statutory filings on the gov.uk payment-practices service; company-status data comes from Companies House. PaidLate calculates trends, comparisons and summaries from those records. It does not use surveys or credit-agency scores.

How this is compiled. Built from official records only: Companies House and the gov.uk payment-practices service. The payment figures are self-reported — companies over the size threshold must file them by law and the board signs them off. No credit-agency data. The numbers are theirs; the plain-English read is ours. This is information compiled from public records under the Open Government Licence v3.0 — not a credit rating and not advice.

The 31-day comparison figure is the median across 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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