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How long does DHL Supply Chain Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00528867 · Transport & storage · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

36days
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.

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On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
4 Feb 1954
Registered office
251 MIDSUMMER BOULEVARD, MILTON KEYNES, MK9 1EA
2 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 60–90 days. Reported average: 36.

Stated terms60–90d
-24 days
Reported avg36d

At a glance

The key figures

60–90d
their stated terms
15%
invoices paid outside terms
-4d
faster over the window
±4d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 53% of the 248 large companies reporting in transport & storage.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 60d
40
42
42
41
44
36
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 46% 31–60 days 45% 61+ days 9%

The read · computed from their figures

DHL Supply Chain Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 36 days against stated terms of 60–90 days.

The direction is faster: from 40 to 36 days over the window — about 4 days faster.

In the latest period 15% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 9% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing Offers supply-chain finance

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

DHL Supply Chain Limited is part of the DHL group of companies in the UK. DHL Purchase Order Terms and Conditions sets out that subject to satisfactory receipt and acceptance of the Goods and/or Services, invoices shall become due for payment sixty (60) days after the receipt of a correct invoice by DHL (unless applicable law requires a shorter payment period). Payment shall be made in the currency as stated in the Purchase Order.

Dispute resolution

DHL Purchase Order Terms and Conditions sets out that if DHL disputes any sum on an invoice, subject to applicable law, it may withhold the entire sum owed under that invoice and it will notify the Supplier in writing of such dispute, giving full details of the dispute and of the actual sum it claims on bona fide grounds not to be liable to pay. When suppliers are set up on the company’s system, they are sent a supplier pack. This pack provides the supplier with information on the DHL Purchase Order Terms and Conditions, DHL Supplier Code of Conduct and invoicing procedures including details on invoice disputes and DHL contact details.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20263615%9%22 Jul 2026
H2 2025448%10%28 Jan 2026
H1 2025419%10%30 Jul 2025
H2 2024428%10%29 Jan 2025
H1 2024429%11%30 Jul 2024
H2 20234010%11%30 Jan 2024
H1 20234119%16%20 Jul 2023
H2 20224115%13%25 Jan 2023
H1 20224114%13%28 Jul 2022
H2 20214211%13%27 Jan 2022
H1 20214014%12%29 Jul 2021
H2 20204015%12%28 Jan 2021
H1 20204022%13%13 Jul 2020
H2 20194124%12%30 Jan 2020
H1 20193928%11%25 Jul 2019
H2 20184028%12%28 Jan 2019
H1 20183841%10%27 Jul 2018

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 4 days faster over the window (40 → 36 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 36, moving within about ±4 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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