Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk
Accor UK Business & Leisure Hotels Limited paid suppliers in 49 days on average — 6 days past its stated terms
Their H1 2022 filing put the average 6 days past the 43-day term they state.
- Their stated terms
- 43 days
- Paid outside agreed terms
- 40% of invoices
- Paid after 61+ days
- 12%
- Reporting period
- 1 Jan 2022 – 30 Jun 2022
- Source
- their gov.uk filing, filed 11 Aug 2022
Self-reported figures from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.
Terms vs reality · their H1 2022 filing
Paid 6 days past their stated terms
Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices
The pattern · last 6 of 9 reports
45 → 49 days — slower across the window
The read · computed from their figures
Accor UK Business & Leisure Hotels Limited's H1 2022 filing put their average at 49 days against stated terms of 43 days; 40% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 12% took 61 days or longer. Filed 11 Aug 2022.
The direction is slower: from 45 days in H2 2019 to 49 now — 4 days slower across their last 6 reports.
That is 9 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.
What they tell their suppliers
In their own words · from the filing
Standard payment terms
All invoices accounted on the purchase ledger at the closing of month M are paid through a single centralised payment around the 13th of month M+1. The cut off date to account for invoices is the 25th of month M. As a consequence, given our payment practices, our standard payment terms negotiated with nominated suppliers is 43 days average. For non referenced suppliers, each hotels are negotiating individually payment deadlines (no standard – but non-significant as only 15% of the purchases are done through non nominated suppliers). These suppliers will be paid as described above. However, some suppliers have different payment terms : - EDF (14days), Total (14d) water supplier for Scotland (30d) : these suppliers are paid by direct debit - Rent : depending on the contract. Always
Dispute resolution
In case of complaints or disputes, suppliers can contact our accounting team generic email address : [email protected]. The team will deal with the requests and inform shortly the supplier of the outcome: either the payment can be made, or it needs an extra validation by the hotel General Manager. When the payment is validated we organise every Wednesday a manual 3 day payments. If the request is extremely urgent we can organise exceptionally same day manual payments.
Every statutory report on record
Most recent first.
| Period | Avg days | Outside terms | 61+ days | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H1 2022 | 49 | 40% | 12% | 11 Aug 2022 |
| H2 2021 | 56 | 59% | 23% | 2 Mar 2022 |
| H1 2021 | 79 | 81% | 44% | 2 Mar 2022 |
| H2 2020 | 83 | 84% | 67% | 29 Jan 2021 |
| H1 2020 | 54 | 60% | 25% | 6 Aug 2020 |
| H2 2019 | 45 | 42% | 8% | 27 Jan 2020 |
| H1 2019 | 46 | 42% | 10% | 23 Jul 2019 |
| H2 2018 | 44 | 41% | 8% | 30 Jan 2019 |
| H1 2018 | 42 | 32% | 8% | 30 Jul 2018 |
On the public register · Companies House
Company record
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 30 Jun 1971
- Registered office
- 5TH FLOOR SUITE A, LONDON, W6 8PW
Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic
What a 49-day cycle ties up
A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 49-day vs a 43-day payment cycle.
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.
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