Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does B & Q PLC take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00973387 · Wholesale & retail trade · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Jan 2026

59days

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.

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 26 Feb 1970
Registered office: B & Q HOUSE CHESTNUT AVENUE, EASTLEIGH, SO53 3LE

2 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Oct 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 21–90 days. Reported average: 59.

Stated terms21–90d

+38 days

Reported avg59d

At a glance

The key figures

21–90d

their stated terms

invoices paid outside terms

±2d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 88% of the 819 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

The pattern

Holding steady

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 21d

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

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 17% 31–60 days 35% 61+ days 48%

The read · computed from their figures

B & Q PLC has filed 16 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 59 days against stated terms of 21–90 days.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±2 days period to period.

In the latest period 3% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 48% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing 1% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Goods not for Resale (GNFR) contracts = 60 Days Goods for Resale (GFR) contracts = 90 Days CIS (Construction Industry Scheme) contracts = 30 Days Small Businesses = 30 Days Intercompany Payments = 21 Days after the period end

Dispute resolution

The first point of contact should be with the Accounts Payable Team. Email: [email protected] (GNFR Invoices) / [email protected] (GFR Invoices). The Accounts Payable team will escalate to the Operational Finance Manager if there are any disputes they are unable to resolve.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	59	3%	48%	25 Feb 2026
H1 2025	56	1%	43%	27 Aug 2025
H1 2025	58	1%	46%	25 Feb 2025
H1 2024	58	2%	44%	22 Aug 2024
H1 2024	62	2%	51%	26 Feb 2024
H1 2023	60	3%	46%	25 Aug 2023
H1 2023	63	3%	51%	22 Feb 2023
H1 2022	62	3%	50%	30 Aug 2022
H1 2022	68	2%	57%	1 Mar 2022
H1 2021	62	2%	52%	25 Aug 2021
H1 2021	69	3%	63%	24 Feb 2021
H1 2020	80	4%	78%	26 Aug 2020
H1 2020	81	1%	80%	26 Feb 2020
H1 2019	80	2%	79%	28 Aug 2019
H1 2019	81	3%	82%	26 Feb 2019
H1 2018	84	9%	61%	28 Aug 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 59-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 59-day vs a 21-day payment cycle.

≈ £23,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 59-day cycle — about £15,000 more than the same account would carry at 21-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 is steady — within about ±2 days period to period, around 59 days.

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 59, moving within about ±2 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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