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How long does Howden Joinery Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00526923 · Wholesale & retail trade · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 13 Jun 2026

20days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

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

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On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
15 Dec 1953
Registered office
105 WIGMORE STREET, LONDON, W1U 1QY
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 0 days. Reported average: 20.

Stated terms0d
+20 days
Reported avg20d

At a glance

The key figures

0d
their stated terms
10%
invoices paid outside terms
±2d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 89% of the 819 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

The pattern

Holding steady

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

19
20
18
21
19
20
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 79% 31–60 days 14% 61+ days 7%

The read · computed from their figures

Howden Joinery Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 20 days against stated terms of 0 days.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±2 days period to period.

In the latest period 10% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 7% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing 14% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

We have a range of payment terms that vary by supplier. These range from invoices that are due immediately to invoices being due 92 days. We do not have daily payment runs but our suppliers on immediate terms are paid on the first available payment run once their invoices have gone through the relevant approval process.

Dispute resolution

The Company is committed to dealing with its suppliers in a fair, honest and professional manner. The nature of the query is identified and the Accounts Payable Team work closely with the buyer, orderer or supplier to resolve queries as quickly as possible. Reporting of overdue payments is a key management control which is reviewed by the Finance Director every two weeks.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20262010%7%1 Aug 2026
H2 20251914%6%6 Feb 2026
H1 20252110%7%25 Jul 2025
H2 20241811%6%13 Feb 2025
H1 20242018%7%29 Jul 2024
H2 20231917%5%29 Jan 2024
H1 20231914%6%17 Jul 2023
H2 20221816%5%23 Jan 2023
H1 20221816%4%12 Jul 2022
H2 20211817%5%18 Jan 2022
H1 20211719%4%24 Jul 2021
H2 20202216%7%15 Jan 2021
H1 20201915%6%28 Jul 2020
H2 20192011%7%15 Jan 2020
H1 20191912%6%19 Jul 2019
H2 20182113%7%31 Jan 2019
H1 20182223%8%27 Jul 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 20-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 20-day vs a 0-day payment cycle.

≈ £8,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 20-day cycle — about £7,900 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 is steady — within about ±2 days period to period, around 20 days.
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 20, moving within about ±2 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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