Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Avon Cosmetics Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00592235 · Wholesale & retail trade · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

73days

their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period

Well behindvs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

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

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 21 Oct 1957
Registered office: LANCASTER HOUSE, NORTHAMPTON, NN1 5PA

14 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 60–90 days. Reported average: 73.

Stated terms60–90d

+13 days

Reported avg73d

At a glance

The key figures

60–90d

their stated terms

75%

invoices paid outside terms

+22d

slower over the window

±11d

variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 96% of the 819 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 60d

H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 38% 31–60 days 17% 61+ days 45%

The read · computed from their figures

Avon Cosmetics Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 73 days against stated terms of 60–90 days.

The direction is slower: from 51 to 73 days over the window — about 22 days slower.

In the latest period 75% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 45% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

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In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

90 days from date of invoice

Dispute resolution

Dispute resolution is documented in each suppliers contract terms.

Other information

Standard payment term is 90 days from date of invoice, minimum payment term is 60 days from date of invoice.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	73	75%	45%	5 Aug 2026
H2 2025	54	87%	36%	18 May 2026
H1 2025	56	84%	38%	18 May 2026
H2 2024	52	70%	36%	17 Jul 2025
H1 2024	54	36%	45%	29 Aug 2024
H2 2023	51	38%	32%	10 Apr 2024
H1 2023	47	38%	26%	11 Aug 2023
H2 2022	48	30%	20%	24 Aug 2023
H1 2022	51	31%	25%	30 Aug 2022
H2 2021	50	53%	25%	30 Aug 2022
H1 2021	54	78%	31%	30 Aug 2022
H2 2020	52	97%	30%	30 Aug 2022
H1 2020	59	97%	35%	30 Aug 2022
H2 2019	46	98%	25%	30 Aug 2022
H1 2019	38	96%	16%	30 Aug 2022
H2 2018	38	100%	16%	30 Aug 2022
H1 2018	40	100%	17%	30 Aug 2022

Working-capital effect

What a 73-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 73-day vs a 60-day payment cycle.

≈ £29,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 73-day cycle — about £5,100 more than the same account would carry at 60-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 has moved about 22 days slower over the window (51 → 73 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 73, moving within about ±11 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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