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How long does Debenhams Properties Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00344823 · 7 statutory reports on record · period to 27 Feb 2021

31days
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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Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 27 Feb 2021 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30 days. Reported average: 31.

Stated terms30d
+1 days
Reported avg31d

At a glance

The key figures

30d
their stated terms
3%
invoices paid outside terms
-35d
faster over the window
±11d
variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 52% of large companies reporting.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d
66
54
10
11
10
31
H2 2018H1 2019H1 2019H1 2020H1 2020H1 2021

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 88% 31–60 days 2% 61+ days 10%

The read · computed from their figures

Debenhams Properties Limited has filed 7 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 31 days against stated terms of 30 days.

The direction is faster: from 66 to 31 days over the window — about 35 days faster.

In the latest period 3% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 10% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Department Stores Realisations (Properties) Limited - trading as Debenhams ( In Administration) set the following standard payment terms with its suppliers: Estate related costs: 0-30 days Terms may vary in accordance with individual agreements with suppliers.

Dispute resolution

Payment disputes are initially reported to the Supplier Management teams. The dispute can be further escalated to the Finance Manager and resolved with the appropriate action.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2021313%10%23 Mar 2021
H1 2020100%3%21 Sept 2020
H1 20201112%1%17 Mar 2020
H1 2019101%2%26 Sept 2019
H1 2019540%6%28 Mar 2019
H2 2018661%6%25 Sept 2018
H1 2018260%4%12 Apr 2018

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 35 days faster over the window (66 → 31 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 31, moving within about ±11 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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