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How long does Hobbycraft Trading Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00806269 · Wholesale & retail trade · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 15 Feb 2026

54days
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
22 May 1964
Registered office
7 ENTERPRISE WAY AVIATION PARK, HURN, BH23 6HG
2 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 20 Nov 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30–120 days. Reported average: 54.

Stated terms30–120d
+24 days
Reported avg54d

At a glance

The key figures

30–120d
their stated terms
9%
invoices paid outside terms
-7d
faster over the window
±9d
variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 83% of the 819 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d
61
55
62
60
44
54
H1 2023H1 2024H1 2024H1 2025H1 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 22% 31–60 days 35% 61+ days 43%

The read · computed from their figures

Hobbycraft Trading Limited has filed 16 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 54 days against stated terms of 30–120 days.

The direction is faster: from 61 to 54 days over the window — about 7 days faster.

In the latest period 9% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 43% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Hobbycraft’s standard contractual payment terms range from End of Month (EOM) + 30 days to EOM + 120 days dependent on agreement with each supplier. It is Hobbycraft’s policy to always pay invoices by their due date. This is sometimes not possible, for example, where the invoice is submitted late or there is a query over the quality or quantity of the goods or services provided.

Dispute resolution

In the event of a dispute relating to payment of an invoice the supplier should telephone or e-mail the Accounts Payable team with full details of their query. Queries are dealt with by a member of the Accounts Payable team, who will address the issues raised and respond with an e-mail or phone call. The Accounts Payable team aims to resolve a dispute within 5 working days. This may involve correction of bank, VAT registration or purchase order details as required. If the query has not been resolved satisfactorily, it can be escalated to the Purchase Ledger Manager, the Head of Finance or ultimately the CFO, if required.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2026549%43%13 Mar 2026
H1 2025448%56%9 Oct 2025
H1 2025604%54%18 Mar 2025
H1 2024627%57%23 Sept 2024
H1 2024554%49%14 Mar 2024
H1 2023616%57%12 Sept 2023
H1 2023644%58%16 Mar 2023
H1 2022657%59%14 Sept 2022
H1 2022635%57%7 Mar 2022
H1 20216721%57%17 Sept 2021
H1 20217519%64%24 May 2021
H1 20208475%76%11 Sept 2020
H1 2020656%66%18 Mar 2020
H1 2019648%66%10 Sept 2019
H1 2019635%65%18 Mar 2019
H1 2018684%77%3 Sept 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 54-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 54-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £21,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 54-day cycle — about £9,500 more than the same account would carry at 30-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 7 days faster over the window (61 → 54 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 54, moving within about ±9 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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