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

CRN 00097117 · Wholesale & retail trade · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 4 Jul 2026

33days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Around averagevs 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
5 Mar 1908
Registered office
400 OXFORD ST, W1A 1AB
2 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 7–100 days. Reported average: 33.

Stated terms7–100d
+26 days
Reported avg33d

At a glance

The key figures

7–100d
their stated terms
17%
invoices paid outside terms
±2d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 63% of the 819 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

The pattern

Holding steady

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 7d
32
34
30
30
30
33
H1 2024H1 2024H1 2025H1 2025H1 2026H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 53% 31–60 days 33% 61+ days 14%

The read · computed from their figures

Selfridges Retail Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 33 days against stated terms of 7–100 days.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±2 days period to period.

In the latest period 17% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 14% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing 2% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Goods not for resale – net payment by end of month following month of invoice. Goods for resale 21 days - 60 days Concession Partners up to 42 days

Dispute resolution

• Invoices displaying a different cost price to the agreed purchase order will be queried with the relevant buyer, if price on the invoice is correct then the invoice will be fully paid, however, if our buyer confirms Selfridges’ price is correct a debit note will be raised and deducted from the invoice at point of payment. Any queries on the related debit will initially be directed back to the relevant buyer and then dispute follows line management escalation within finance team to resolve. • Invoices received with a quantity discrepancy to items received/not received on system, a POD is requested from the relevant company to prove goods have been delivered. The POD is then sent to our warehouse for validation and dependant on outcome from warehouse: a) Warehouse can confirm goods have n

Other information

• Standard payment terms vary dependent on the nature of the contract, as described above. • We work hard to maintain a positive and fair relationship with our suppliers and endeavour to pay all suppliers within their agreed payment terms.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20263317%14%30 Jul 2026
H1 20263014%10%28 Jan 2026
H1 20253012%10%23 Jul 2025
H1 20253012%10%28 Jan 2025
H1 20243414%15%19 Aug 2024
H1 20243215%13%22 Feb 2024
H1 20233518%21%24 Aug 2023
H1 20233626%20%23 Feb 2023
H1 20223528%19%19 Aug 2022
H1 20223430%17%28 Feb 2022
H1 20213832%25%27 Aug 2021
H1 20213837%22%25 Feb 2021
H1 20203945%26%11 Sept 2020
H1 20203536%19%2 Mar 2020
H1 20193433%18%3 Sept 2019
H1 20193331%14%5 Mar 2019
H1 20183233%14%31 Aug 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 33-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 33-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £13,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 33-day cycle — about £10,200 more than the same account would carry at 7-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 is steady — within about ±2 days period to period, around 33 days.
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 33, moving within about ±2 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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