Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Eddie Stobart Limited pays suppliers in 67 days on average — 60 days past its stated terms

CRN 00995045 · Transport & storage · 13 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

67daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 60 days past the 7-day term they state.

Well behindvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers

Their stated terms: 7 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 23% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 60%
Reporting period: 1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 12 Aug 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid 60 days past their stated terms

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–75

avg 67d

0 days75 days

reported avg 67 days their filed terms 7 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 10% 31–60 days 30% 61+ days 60%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #116430, period 1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026, filed 12 Aug 2026 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Eddie Stobart Limited pays 60 days past its own stated terms. 23% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 60% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2026 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 13 reports

52 → 67 days — slowing down

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 13 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

15 days slower across the window. From 52 days in H2 2021 to 67 in the H1 2026 filing; the dashed line marks the 7-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Eddie Stobart Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 67 days against stated terms of 7 days; 23% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 60% took 61 days or longer. Filed 12 Aug 2026.

The direction is slower: from 52 days in H2 2021 to 67 now — 15 days slower across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 98% of the 245 large companies reporting in transport & storage.

That is 13 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard payment terms are 63 days from the end of the month in which an approved invoice is dated.

Dispute resolution

Any queries/disputes should be directed to [email protected]. A response should be actioned within 5 working days. Each payment dispute is individually considered on its own merits.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	67	23%	60%	12 Aug 2026
H2 2023	37	30%	15%	31 Jul 2024
H1 2023	38	35%	16%	17 Aug 2023
H2 2022	45	44%	28%	10 Feb 2023
H1 2022	53	41%	37%	8 Aug 2022
H2 2021	52	49%	37%	19 Jan 2022
H1 2021	52	30%	36%	24 Jun 2021
H2 2020	51	46%	35%	23 Feb 2021
H1 2020	53	47%	36%	30 Jun 2020
H2 2019	57	51%	36%	23 Dec 2019
H1 2019	54	47%	32%	28 Jun 2019
H2 2018	56	52%	34%	20 Dec 2018
H1 2018	56	50%	36%	29 Jun 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 23 Nov 1970
Registered office: STRETTON GREEN DISTRIBUTION PARK LANGFORD WAY, WARRINGTON, WA4 4TQ

6 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2026 — overdue

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 67-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 67-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £26,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 67-day cycle — about £23,700 more than the same account would carry at 7-day terms.

Late Payment Act. The Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 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 · Eddie Stobart Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 15 days slower over the window (52 → 67 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report puts the average at day 67; across their last 6 reports it ranged 37–67 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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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?

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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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