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How long does Liberty Retail Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00042342 · Professional & technical services · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Jul 2026

42days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Slower than mostvs 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
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
1 Nov 1894
Registered office
210-220 REGENT STREET, LONDON, W1B 5AH
1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Oct 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30–90 days. Reported average: 42.

Stated terms30–90d
+12 days
Reported avg42d

At a glance

The key figures

30–90d
their stated terms
52%
invoices paid outside terms
+8d
slower over the window
±3d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 73% 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 30d
34
39
47
47
45
42
H1 2024H1 2024H1 2025H1 2025H1 2026H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 64% 31–60 days 26% 61+ days 10%

The read · computed from their figures

Liberty Retail Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 42 days against stated terms of 30–90 days.

The direction is slower: from 34 to 42 days over the window — about 8 days slower.

In the latest period 52% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 10% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

3% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

3 standard terms exist for Goods for resale 30 days, 5% settlement discount 60 days, 3% settlement discount 90 days no settlement discount Were there any changes to t

Dispute resolution

All suppliers must send invoices exclusively in PDF format to [email protected]. This email address is automated for invoice processing only and cannot be used for any communication. Any invoices sent to other addresses, including [email protected], or without a clearly visible valid purchase order number will be rejected and returned to the supplier for correction. Suppliers should direct all invoice-related queries to [email protected]. If the Accounts Payable team identifies a discrepancy, such as undelivered or missing items, the issue will be flagged to the relevant Buyer, who will liaise with the Warehouse via Zendesk to resolve it. Once resolved, the Accounts Payable team will update the invoice status and process payment in line

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20264252%10%12 Aug 2026
H1 20264554%13%2 Mar 2026
H1 20254755%16%14 Aug 2025
H1 20254750%11%21 Mar 2025
H1 20243937%17%21 Aug 2024
H1 20243431%20%15 Feb 2024
H1 20233569%17%23 Aug 2023
H1 20232932%11%8 Mar 2023
H1 2022365%19%8 Mar 2023
H1 20223017%0%8 Mar 2023
H1 2021267%7%8 Mar 2023
H1 20213735%22%8 Mar 2023
H1 20205429%23%13 Jan 2021
H1 20205327%24%13 Jan 2021
H1 20195329%25%3 Sept 2019
H1 20195326%26%5 Mar 2019
H1 20185840%36%30 Aug 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 42-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 42-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £16,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 42-day cycle — about £4,700 more than the same account would carry at 30-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 8 days slower over the window (34 → 42 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 42, moving within about ±3 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
Can I see what this means for my invoices?
Run the live check — it re-reads their record and their live Companies House file, on the amount you invoice.

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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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