Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Wilko Retail Limited paid suppliers in 53 days on average — within its stated 45–90 day terms

CRN 00365335 · Wholesale & retail trade · 8 statutory reports on record · period to 29 Jan 2023

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 29 Jan 2023 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

53daysavg time to pay · H1 2023

Their H1 2023 filing put the average 8 days past the shortest term they state (45 days), still within their 90-day upper term.

Their stated terms: 45–90 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 18% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 15%
Reporting period: 30 Jul 2022 – 29 Jan 2023
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 27 Feb 2023

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2023 filing

Paid within their stated range — 53 against 45–90 days

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

avg 53d

0 days100 days

reported avg 53 days their filed terms 45–90 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 34% 31–60 days 51% 61+ days 15%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #69194, period 30 Jul 2022 – 29 Jan 2023, filed 27 Feb 2023 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Wilko Retail Limited paid within its stated range, 8 days past the shortest term. 18% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 15% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2023 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 8 reports

37 → 53 days — slower across the window

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 8 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

16 days slower across the window. From 37 days in H1 2020 to 53 in the H1 2023 filing; the dashed line marks the 45-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Wilko Retail Limited's H1 2023 filing put their average at 53 days against stated terms of 45–90 days; 18% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 15% took 61 days or longer. Filed 27 Feb 2023.

The direction is slower: from 37 days in H1 2020 to 53 now — 16 days slower across their last 6 reports.

That is 8 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2019) — 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

Standard terms are 45, 60 and 90 days but payment varies from immediate payment through to 90 days

Dispute resolution

Wilko finance team review supplier statement reconciliations to work through any disputes. These are reported to our buying and finance management teams with the aim of resolving payment queries as quickly as possible. Suppliers with disputes should contact the finance department by telephone on 01909 505505 or by post at: Finance Department, J K House, Roebuck Way, Manton Wood, Worksop, Notts, S80 3EG. Wilko precedent contracts for goods and services contain dispute resolution clauses. Where wilko contracts on supplier terms, wilko seeks to include dispute resolution clauses - and these are generally accepted as they are beneficial to both parties.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2023	53	18%	15%	27 Feb 2023
H1 2022	37	15%	13%	26 Aug 2022
H1 2022	37	7%	11%	28 Feb 2022
H1 2021	36	6%	5%	27 Aug 2021
H1 2021	39	13%	8%	25 Feb 2021
H1 2020	37	25%	11%	13 Aug 2020
H1 2020	35	18%	6%	24 Feb 2020
H1 2019	32	17%	5%	29 Aug 2019

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Liquidation
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 13 Feb 1941
Registered office: 8TH FLOOR, CENTRAL SQUARE, LEEDS, LS1 4DL

7 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 8 Apr 2024

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 53-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 53-day vs a 45-day payment cycle.

≈ £21,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 53-day cycle — about £3,200 more than the same account would carry at 45-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 · Wilko Retail Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 16 days slower over the window (37 → 53 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report put the average at day 53; across their last 6 reports it ranged 36–53 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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