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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Mothercare UK Limited paid suppliers in 55 days on average — inside its 120-day stated terms

CRN 00533087 · Wholesale & retail trade · 2 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Mar 2019

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 30 Mar 2019 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.
55daysavg time to pay · H1 2019

Their H1 2019 filing put the average 65 days inside their stated 120-day term.

Their stated terms
120 days
Paid outside agreed terms
37% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
51%
Reporting period
7 Oct 2018 – 30 Mar 2019
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 1 May 2019

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2019 filing

Paid 65 days inside the 120-day term they state

The read · computed from their figures

Mothercare UK Limited's H1 2019 filing put their average at 55 days against stated terms of 120 days; 37% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 51% took 61 days or longer. Filed 1 May 2019.

That is 2 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

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In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Mothercare has the following standard payment terms with its suppliers: Goods for re-sale 90 days from date of invoice Goods not for re-sale 60 days from date of invoice These terms vary based on individual agreements Suppliers are made aware of payment run cycles Goods for re-sale payment runs are submitted twice a week Goods not for resale payments are submitted once a week These impact payment within agreed terms but suppliers are aware of these payment cycles

Dispute resolution

Disputes are dealt with on a case by case basis by the Accounts Payable team, passed to the relevant stakeholders for investigation and resolution Once resolved, the supplier will be paid in accordance with their terms or on the next available payment run

Other information

Contractually Mothercare deduct debit notes from invoices through Accounts Payable and this can impact the payment timing

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20195537%51%1 May 2019
H2 20186336%63%5 Nov 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Liquidation
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
8 May 1954
Registered office
C/O PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP CENTRAL SQUARE, LEEDS, LS1
10 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 29 Dec 2019

Open the full record at Companies House.

Quick answers · Mothercare UK Limited

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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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