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How long does The Boots Company PLC take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00027657 · Professional & technical services · 13 statutory reports on record · period to 28 Feb 2026

88days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Well behindvs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

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

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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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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 75 days. Reported average: 88.

Stated terms75d
+13 days
Reported avg88d

At a glance

The key figures

75d
their stated terms
7%
invoices paid outside terms
+88d
slower over the window
±17d
variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 98% of the 530 large companies reporting in professional & technical services.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 75d
0
98
76
90
110
88
H1 2023H1 2024H1 2024H1 2025H1 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 0% 31–60 days 23% 61+ days 77%

The read · computed from their figures

The Boots Company PLC has filed 13 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 88 days against stated terms of 75 days.

The direction is slower: from 0 to 88 days over the window — about 88 days slower.

In the latest period 7% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 77% landed 61+ days out.

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 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

Working-capital effect

What a 88-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. 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 Act 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

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 88 days slower over the window (0 → 88 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 88, moving within about ±17 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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How UK payment reporting works

What is a Payment Practices Report?
UK companies and LLPs above a size threshold — broadly, two of: turnover over £54m, balance sheet over £27m, or more than 250 employees — must report twice a year, under the Reporting on Payment Practices and Performance Regulations 2017, how quickly they actually pay suppliers: the average time to pay, the share of invoices paid in 30 days or fewer, 31 to 60 days and 61 days or longer, and their standard payment terms. Those thresholds apply to financial years beginning on or after 6 April 2025; for earlier financial years they were £36m and £18m, with the same 250-employee test.
What does "paid outside agreed terms" mean?
The share of invoices paid later than the terms in the supplier contract. If terms are 30 days and an invoice is paid on day 45, it counts as paid outside terms, regardless of the headline average.
How often is this data updated?
Each report covers a six-month period and must be filed within 30 days of that period ending, so a company's record refreshes roughly twice a year. PaidLate re-reads the register as new reports are filed.
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 6,185 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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