Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Fortnum & Mason Public Limited Company pays suppliers in 39 days on average — within its stated 14–60 day terms

CRN 00084909 · Wholesale & retail trade · 18 statutory reports on record · period to 12 Jul 2026

39daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 25 days past the shortest term they state (14 days), still within their 60-day upper term.

Slower than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers

Their stated terms: 14–60 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 45% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 22%
Reporting period: 14 Jan 2026 – 12 Jul 2026
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 25 Aug 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid within their stated range — 39 against 14–60 days

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–65

avg 39d

0 days65 days

reported avg 39 days their filed terms 14–60 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 33% 31–60 days 45% 61+ days 22%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #116598, period 14 Jan 2026 – 12 Jul 2026, filed 25 Aug 2026 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Fortnum & Mason Public Limited Company pays within its stated range, 25 days past the shortest term. 45% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 22% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2026 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 18 reports

34 → 39 days — slowing down

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 18 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

5 days slower across the window. From 34 days in H1 2024 to 39 in the H1 2026 filing; the dashed line marks the 14-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Fortnum & Mason Public Limited Company's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 39 days against stated terms of 14–60 days; 45% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 22% took 61 days or longer. Filed 25 Aug 2026.

The direction is slower: from 34 days in H1 2024 to 39 now — 5 days slower across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 55% of the 815 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

That is 18 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing 11% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

As per the terms and agreements in place for the type of goods and services supplied.

Dispute resolution

Any disputed payments should be raised with your business contact and the finance department for resolution.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	39	45%	22%	25 Aug 2026
H1 2026	36	48%	7%	12 Feb 2026
H1 2025	41	64%	7%	14 Oct 2025
H1 2025	36	78%	6%	11 Aug 2025
H1 2024	33	62%	5%	6 Aug 2024
H1 2024	34	62%	4%	5 Feb 2024
H1 2023	37	68%	5%	10 Aug 2023
H1 2023	39	71%	9%	3 Feb 2023
H1 2022	38	70%	7%	10 Aug 2022
H1 2022	40	77%	7%	4 Feb 2022
H1 2021	35	74%	8%	12 Aug 2021
H1 2021	39	81%	8%	19 Feb 2021
H1 2020	36	50%	7%	11 Aug 2020
H1 2020	39	46%	9%	13 Feb 2020
H1 2019	38	31%	8%	14 Aug 2019
H1 2019	28	28%	4%	18 Feb 2019
H1 2018	39	23%	9%	15 Aug 2018
H1 2018	44	23%	9%	9 Feb 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Public Limited Company
Incorporated: 10 Jun 1905
Registered office: 181 PICCADILLY, W1A 1ER

1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 15 Jan 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 39-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 39-day vs a 14-day payment cycle.

≈ £15,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 39-day cycle — about £9,900 more than the same account would carry at 14-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 · Fortnum & Mason Public Limited Company

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 5 days slower over the window (34 → 39 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report puts the average at day 39; across their last 6 reports it ranged 33–41 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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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