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Booker Limited pays suppliers in 42 days on average — inside its shortest stated term

CRN 00197380 · Wholesale & retail trade · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Aug 2026

42daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 3 days inside the shortest term they state (45 days).

Slower than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
45–60 days
Paid outside agreed terms
2% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
5%
Reporting period
2 Mar 2026 – 30 Aug 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 28 Sept 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid 3 days inside the 45-day term they state

The pattern · last 6 of 17 reports

Holding steady around 42 days

The read · computed from their figures

Booker Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 42 days against stated terms of 45–60 days; 2% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 5% took 61 days or longer. Filed 28 Sept 2026.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±0 days period to period.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 63% of the 815 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

That is 17 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

Payment code: GSCOP Offers e-invoicing 2% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

GFR – 45 days & GSNFR 60 days

Dispute resolution

We manage all queries through specific mailboxes, there are separate teams to manage any supplier queries raised.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2026422%5%28 Sept 2026
H1 2026422%5%30 Mar 2026
H1 2025422%5%22 Sept 2025
H1 2025424%6%21 Mar 2025
H1 2024423%5%23 Sept 2024
H1 2024424%6%25 Mar 2024
H1 2023424%5%25 Sept 2023
H1 2023425%6%24 Mar 2023
H1 2022414%5%23 Sept 2022
H1 2022424%5%25 Mar 2022
H1 2021414%5%27 Sept 2021
H1 2021424%6%29 Mar 2021
H1 2020415%5%28 Sept 2020
H1 2020404%5%30 Mar 2020
H1 2019404%4%24 Sept 2019
H1 2019405%5%26 Mar 2019
H2 2018397%6%30 Oct 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
17 Apr 1924
Registered office
EQUITY HOUSE, WELLINGBOROUGH, NN8 1LT
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 26 Nov 2026

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Quick answers · Booker Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average is steady — within about ±0 days period to period, around 42 days.
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 42, moving within about ±0 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new 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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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