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Debenhams Retail PLC paid suppliers in 29 days on average — inside its 60-day stated terms

CRN 00083395 · 7 statutory reports on record · period to 27 Feb 2021

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 27 Feb 2021 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.
29daysavg time to pay · H1 2021

Their H1 2021 filing put the average 31 days inside their stated 60-day term.

Their stated terms
60 days
Paid outside agreed terms
7% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
7%
Reporting period
30 Aug 2020 – 27 Feb 2021
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 23 Mar 2021

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2021 filing

Paid 31 days inside the 60-day term they state

The pattern · last 6 of 7 reports

63 → 29 days — faster across the window

The read · computed from their figures

Debenhams Retail PLC's H1 2021 filing put their average at 29 days against stated terms of 60 days; 7% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 7% took 61 days or longer. Filed 23 Mar 2021.

The direction is faster: from 63 days in H2 2018 to 29 now — 34 days faster across their last 6 reports.

That is 7 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Department Stores Realisations Limited - trading as Debenhams ( In Administration) has the following standard payment terms with its suppliers: Goods for re-sale: up to 60 days from date of invoice, or receipt of invoice for non-UK based suppliers.(subject to standard weekly payment cycle). Goods not for re-sale: up to 60 days from date of invoice (subject to standard weekly payment cycle). Terms may vary in accordance with individual agreements with suppliers

Dispute resolution

Debenhams offers a B2B website which suppliers can sign up to monitor account activity and view the status of invoices. Payment disputes are initially reported to the Supplier Management teams . The dispute can be further escalated to the Team Leader and Finance Manager of the Supplier Management teams and resolved with the appropriate action.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2021297%7%23 Mar 2021
H1 2020453%28%21 Sept 2020
H1 2020395%15%17 Mar 2020
H1 2019445%21%26 Sept 2019
H1 2019536%31%28 Mar 2019
H2 2018633%42%25 Sept 2018
H1 2018577%35%12 Apr 2018

Quick answers · Debenhams Retail PLC

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 34 days faster over the window (63 → 29 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report put the average at day 29; across their last 6 reports it ranged 29–63 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
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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.
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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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