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How long does Copart UK Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00929621 · Wholesale & retail trade · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Jan 2026

27days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Faster 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
28 Mar 1968
Registered office
ACREY FIELDS, WOOTTON, MK43 9EJ
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Apr 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 1–30 days. Reported average: 27.

Stated terms1–30d
+26 days
Reported avg27d

At a glance

The key figures

1–30d
their stated terms
20%
invoices paid outside terms
+8d
slower over the window
±4d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 77% 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 1d
19
19
20
20
19
27
H1 2023H1 2024H1 2024H1 2025H1 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 78% 31–60 days 14% 61+ days 8%

The read · computed from their figures

Copart UK Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 27 days against stated terms of 1–30 days.

The direction is slower: from 19 to 27 days over the window — about 8 days slower.

In the latest period 20% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 8% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard payment terms range from payment on presentation of invoice to 30 days following the end of the month in which the invoice is dated depending on the product or service being received.

Dispute resolution

Invoice queries or disputes are raised either by the Accounts Payable Team or by the person or department ordering the goods or service. The invoice will be held for payment until the query is resolved and agreement has been reached between both parties, at which time payment will be processed.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20262720%8%27 Feb 2026
H1 20251913%5%29 Aug 2025
H1 20252013%4%28 Feb 2025
H1 20242012%5%30 Aug 2024
H1 20241911%4%1 Mar 2024
H1 20231910%3%30 Aug 2023
H1 20231710%3%1 Mar 2023
H1 20221710%3%18 Nov 2022
H1 20221712%4%4 Mar 2022
H1 20211611%2%27 Aug 2021
H1 20212013%3%2 Mar 2021
H1 2020178%1%2 Sept 2020
H1 2020168%2%28 Feb 2020
H1 2019168%1%30 Aug 2019
H1 2019167%1%1 Mar 2019
H1 201896%1%30 Aug 2018
H1 2018106%2%2 Mar 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 27-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 27-day vs a 1-day payment cycle.

≈ £10,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 27-day cycle — about £10,200 more than the same account would carry at 1-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 8 days slower over the window (19 → 27 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 27, moving within about ±4 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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