Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Eddie Stobart Limited take to pay its suppliers?

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

67days

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: 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

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 7 days. Reported average: 67.

Stated terms7d

+60 days

Reported avg67d

At a glance

The key figures

their stated terms

23%

invoices paid outside terms

+15d

slower over the window

±15d

variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 98% of the 248 large companies reporting in transport & storage.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 7d

H2 2021H1 2022H2 2022H1 2023H2 2023H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

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

The read · computed from their figures

Eddie Stobart Limited has filed 13 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 67 days against stated terms of 7 days.

The direction is slower: from 52 to 67 days over the window — about 15 days slower.

In the latest period 23% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 60% landed 61+ days out.

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

Working-capital effect

What a 67-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. 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 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 15 days slower over the window (52 → 67 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 67, moving within about ±15 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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