Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Wella (U.k.) Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00271363 · Wholesale & retail trade · 18 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

54days

their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period

Slower than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

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

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 19 Dec 1932
Registered office: FAO COMPANY SECRETARY, ASHFORD, TN25 4AQ

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Mar 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 0–120 days. Reported average: 54.

Stated terms0–120d

+54 days

Reported avg54d

At a glance

The key figures

0–120d

their stated terms

25%

invoices paid outside terms

+5d

slower over the window

±5d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 83% of the 819 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

H2 2023H1 2024H1 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 39% 31–60 days 23% 61+ days 38%

The read · computed from their figures

Wella (U.k.) Limited has filed 18 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2017). Their latest report puts the average at 54 days against stated terms of 0–120 days.

The direction is slower: from 49 to 54 days over the window — about 5 days slower.

In the latest period 25% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 38% 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

For 3rd party suppliers the preferred standard payment terms are 120 days

Dispute resolution

All invoices are sent to the Accounts Payable Team operated by a Shared Service Center, where they are recorded in the Accounts Payable Ledger. The Accounts Payable team is contactable by phone and by email. Vendors with invoice queries need to contact the Accounts Payable team in the first instance and they will work to resolve the query. If the Accounts Payable team are not able to resolve or if it is not clear from the system why the invoice has not been approved for payment, the Accounts Payable team will reach out to the invoice contact or Purchase Order Originator for assistance. If resolution is still not possible then the standard process is to be followed per the UK Terms & Conditions (for Goods and Services). Coty has also launched its e-invoicing facility Tradeshift allowi

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	54	25%	38%	21 Jul 2026
H2 2025	54	22%	36%	30 Jan 2026
H1 2025	53	24%	37%	23 Jul 2025
H1 2024	62	23%	47%	3 Feb 2025
H1 2024	57	21%	41%	1 Aug 2024
H2 2023	49	22%	34%	13 Feb 2024
H1 2023	49	22%	34%	9 Aug 2023
H2 2022	44	24%	28%	2 Feb 2023
H1 2022	50	24%	35%	28 Jul 2022
H2 2021	55	18%	41%	24 Jan 2022
H1 2021	60	23%	44%	8 Jul 2021
H2 2020	54	22%	36%	9 Feb 2021
H1 2020	46	36%	28%	30 Jul 2020
H2 2019	48	19%	30%	17 Jan 2020
H1 2019	43	34%	28%	15 Aug 2019
H2 2018	52	18%	36%	25 Jun 2019
H1 2018	28	49%	3%	1 Aug 2018
H2 2017	25	46%	5%	18 Jun 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 54-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 54-day vs a 0-day payment cycle.

≈ £21,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 54-day cycle — about £21,300 more than the same account would carry at 0-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 has moved about 5 days slower over the window (49 → 54 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 54, moving within about ±5 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 6,185 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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