Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Adidas (U.K.) Limited paid suppliers in 50 days on average — within its stated 45–60 day terms

CRN 01075951 · Wholesale & retail trade · 10 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Dec 2022

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 31 Dec 2022 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

50daysavg time to pay · H2 2022

Their H2 2022 filing put the average 5 days past the shortest term they state (45 days), still within their 60-day upper term.

Their stated terms: 45–60 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 30% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 16%
Reporting period: 1 Jul 2022 – 31 Dec 2022
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 2 Feb 2023

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

Terms vs reality · their H2 2022 filing

Paid within their stated range — 50 against 45–60 days

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–65

avg 50d

0 days65 days

reported avg 50 days their filed terms 45–60 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 22% 31–60 days 63% 61+ days 16%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #68788, period 1 Jul 2022 – 31 Dec 2022, filed 2 Feb 2023 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Adidas (U.K.) Limited paid within its stated range, 5 days past the shortest term. 30% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 16% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H2 2022 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 10 reports

43 → 50 days — slower across the window

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 10 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

7 days slower across the window. From 43 days in H1 2020 to 50 in the H2 2022 filing; the dashed line marks the 45-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Adidas (U.K.) Limited's H2 2022 filing put their average at 50 days against stated terms of 45–60 days; 30% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 16% took 61 days or longer. Filed 2 Feb 2023.

The direction is slower: from 43 days in H1 2020 to 50 now — 7 days slower across their last 6 reports.

That is 10 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

Adidas UK LTD's standard payment terms for the majority of its suppliers are 60 days from the date on which the invoice was received.

Dispute resolution

Adidas UK LTD advises that all invoices must contain a Purchase order number which is given to suppliers by our procurement team once the order is approved. This purchase order contains a section that details whom to contact with queries and the email address [email protected]

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2022	50	30%	16%	2 Feb 2023
H1 2022	48	23%	11%	29 Jul 2022
H2 2021	50	30%	14%	31 Jan 2022
H1 2021	46	28%	10%	30 Jul 2021
H2 2020	36	40%	6%	29 Jan 2021
H1 2020	43	46%	14%	30 Jul 2020
H2 2019	41	30%	5%	31 Jan 2020
H1 2019	26	33%	3%	1 Aug 2019
H2 2018	25	31%	2%	31 Jan 2019
H1 2018	23	42%	2%	27 Jul 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 10 Oct 1972
Registered office: THE ADIDAS CENTRE, STOCKPORT, SK7 5SA

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 50-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 50-day vs a 45-day payment cycle.

≈ £19,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 50-day cycle — about £2,000 more than the same account would carry at 45-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 · Adidas (U.K.) Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 7 days slower over the window (43 → 50 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report put the average at day 50; across their last 6 reports it ranged 36–50 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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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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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