Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Colgate-Palmolive (U.K.) Limited pays suppliers in 16 days on average — within its stated 5–90 day terms

CRN 00178909 · Wholesale & retail trade · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

16daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 11 days past the shortest term they state (5 days), still within their 90-day upper term.

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

Their stated terms: 5–90 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 6% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 1%
Reporting period: 1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 21 Jul 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid within their stated range — 16 against 5–90 days

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–100

avg 16d

0 days100 days

reported avg 16 days their filed terms 5–90 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 92% 31–60 days 7% 61+ days 1%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #113222, period 1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026, filed 21 Jul 2026 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Colgate-Palmolive (U.K.) Limited pays within its stated range, 11 days past the shortest term. 6% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 1% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2026 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 17 reports

20 → 16 days — getting faster

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 17 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

4 days faster across the window. From 20 days in H2 2023 to 16 in the H1 2026 filing; the dashed line marks the 5-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Colgate-Palmolive (U.K.) Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 16 days against stated terms of 5–90 days; 6% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 1% took 61 days or longer. Filed 21 Jul 2026.

The direction is faster: from 20 days in H2 2023 to 16 now — 4 days faster across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Faster than 94% of the 815 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

That is 17 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

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Newest standard terms are 90 days Primarily 30 days 14 days for some special vendors 60 Days

Dispute resolution

They vendor contact our Accounts Payable department in Poland and they investigate the issue. ([email protected]) If the team in Poland are unable to resolve the issue, they will involve members of the local UK team to resolve.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	16	6%	1%	21 Jul 2026
H2 2025	17	9%	3%	30 Jan 2026
H1 2025	17	8%	2%	30 Jul 2025
H2 2024	18	10%	2%	30 Jan 2025
H1 2024	18	44%	2%	31 Jul 2024
H2 2023	20	42%	3%	29 Jan 2024
H1 2023	17	47%	2%	1 Aug 2023
H2 2022	16	38%	1%	30 Jan 2023
H1 2022	16	32%	2%	28 Jul 2022
H2 2021	14	18%	1%	31 Jan 2022
H1 2021	15	22%	2%	30 Jul 2021
H2 2020	17	28%	1%	29 Jan 2021
H1 2020	17	26%	2%	29 Jul 2020
H2 2019	20	22%	5%	29 Jan 2020
H1 2019	15	22%	2%	11 Jul 2019
H2 2018	20	48%	2%	31 Jan 2019
H1 2018	17	42%	2%	7 Aug 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 7 Jan 1922
Registered office: GOLDSWORTH PLACE, WOKING, GU21 6DB

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 16-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 16-day vs a 5-day payment cycle.

≈ £6,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 16-day cycle — about £4,300 more than the same account would carry at 5-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 · Colgate-Palmolive (U.K.) Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 4 days faster over the window (20 → 16 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report puts the average at day 16; across their last 6 reports it ranged 16–20 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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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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