Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk
Coty UK Limited paid suppliers in 62 days on average — within its stated 30–120 day terms
Their H2 2024 filing put the average 32 days past the shortest term they state (30 days), still within their 120-day upper term.
- Their stated terms
- 30–120 days
- Paid outside agreed terms
- 23% of invoices
- Paid after 61+ days
- 47%
- Reporting period
- 1 Jul 2024 – 31 Dec 2024
- Source
- their gov.uk filing, filed 3 Feb 2025
Self-reported figures from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.
Terms vs reality · their H2 2024 filing
Paid within their stated range — 62 against 30–120 days
Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices
The pattern · last 5 of 5 reports
45 → 62 days — slower across the window
The read · computed from their figures
Coty UK Limited's H2 2024 filing put their average at 62 days against stated terms of 30–120 days; 23% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 47% took 61 days or longer. Filed 3 Feb 2025.
The direction is slower: from 45 days in H2 2017 to 62 now — 17 days slower across their last 5 reports.
That is 5 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2017) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.
What they tell their suppliers
In their own words · from the filing
Standard payment terms
For 3rd party suppliers the standard payment terms are 120 days
Dispute resolution
All invoices are sent to the Shared Service Center, where they are recorded in the Accounts Payable Ledger. The Accounts Payable team, based in the Shared Service Center, 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 allowing
Every statutory report on record
Most recent first.
| Period | Avg days | Outside terms | 61+ days | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H2 2024 | 62 | 23% | 47% | 3 Feb 2025 |
| H1 2019 | 18 | 59% | 4% | 15 Aug 2019 |
| H2 2018 | 24 | 51% | 4% | 25 Jun 2019 |
| H1 2018 | 48 | 42% | 29% | 1 Aug 2018 |
| H2 2017 | 45 | 40% | 26% | 18 Jun 2018 |
On the public register · Companies House
Company record
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 19 Mar 1935
- Registered office
- FAO COMPANY SECRETARY EUREKA SCIENCE PARK, ASHFORD, TN25 4AQ
Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic
What a 62-day cycle ties up
A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 62-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.
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.
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