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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Poundstretcher Limited pays suppliers in 41 days on average — inside its 120-day stated terms

CRN 00553014 · Wholesale & retail trade · 13 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

41daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 79 days inside their stated 120-day term.

Well behindvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
120 days
Paid outside agreed terms
87% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
27%
Reporting period
1 Apr 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 31 Jul 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid 79 days inside the 120-day term they state

The pattern · last 6 of 13 reports

38 → 41 days — slowing down

The read · computed from their figures

Poundstretcher Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 41 days against stated terms of 120 days; 87% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 27% took 61 days or longer. Filed 31 Jul 2026.

The direction is slower: from 38 days in H1 2022 to 41 now — 3 days slower across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 60% of the 815 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

That is 13 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Payment terms with suppliers range from immediate to 120 days

Dispute resolution

On notification, disputes are directed to our Buying and Accounts Payable department for resolution. We endeavour to resolve all disputes in a timely manner.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20264187%27%31 Jul 2026
H1 20265292%39%15 Jun 2026
H2 20255051%38%19 Nov 2025
H1 20254241%21%19 Nov 2025
H2 20242029%3%30 Oct 2024
H1 20223838%5%12 May 2022
H2 2021397%1%3 Nov 2021
H1 20213832%13%4 May 2021
H2 20205246%20%5 Nov 2020
H1 20206996%57%14 May 2020
H2 20196593%48%31 Oct 2019
H1 20194889%28%30 Apr 2019
H2 20185082%33%30 Oct 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
6 Aug 1955
Registered office
DESFORD LANE, LEICESTERSHIRE, LE9 2BJ
13 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 27 Mar 2027

Open the full record at Companies House.

Quick answers · Poundstretcher Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 3 days slower over the window (38 → 41 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report puts the average at day 41; across their last 6 reports it ranged 20–52 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
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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?
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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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