Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Direct Wines Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 01095091 · Wholesale & retail trade · 18 statutory reports on record · period to 3 Jul 2026

15days

their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period

Faster 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: 8 Feb 1973
Registered office: 1600 ARLINGTON BUSINESS PARK, THEALE, BERKSHIRE, RG7 4SA

4 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Mar 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 0–90 days. Reported average: 15.

Stated terms0–90d

+15 days

Reported avg15d

At a glance

The key figures

0–90d

their stated terms

20%

invoices paid outside terms

+3d

slower over the window

±2d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Faster than 95% of the 819 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 96% 31–60 days 3% 61+ days 1%

The read · computed from their figures

Direct Wines Limited has filed 18 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2017). Their latest report puts the average at 15 days against stated terms of 0–90 days.

The direction is slower: from 12 to 15 days over the window — about 3 days slower.

In the latest period 20% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 1% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

1% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Direct Wines Limited does not have standard payment terms. Payment terms are agreed on an individual basis with all suppliers as part of contractual negotiations. The statistic for “Percentage of invoices not paid within agreed terms” has been calculated strictly on the basis that payment is made later than the due date printed on the invoice. Our ability to pay invoices by the printed due date is dependent on the timely receipt of a valid invoice for goods or services received. We note that where invoices are received close to or after the printed due date, or where agreed terms are zero days, this may automatically result in those invoices being paid beyond the agreed terms.

Dispute resolution

Disputes with suppliers are resolved through agreement between the relevant member of staff at the supplier and his/her primary contact at Direct Wines Limited.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	15	20%	1%	27 Jul 2026
H2 2025	14	25%	1%	23 Jan 2026
H1 2025	12	28%	1%	24 Jul 2025
H2 2024	11	24%	1%	24 Jan 2025
H1 2024	12	21%	1%	25 Jul 2024
H2 2023	12	24%	1%	26 Jan 2024
H1 2023	14	19%	1%	26 Jul 2023
H1 2023	14	15%	1%	25 Jan 2023
H1 2022	13	19%	2%	28 Jul 2022
H1 2022	15	17%	2%	27 Jan 2022
H1 2021	13	20%	2%	28 Jul 2021
H1 2021	18	24%	2%	28 Jan 2021
H1 2020	12	26%	2%	30 Jul 2020
H2 2019	17	23%	2%	24 Jan 2020
H1 2019	18	31%	3%	25 Jul 2019
H2 2018	23	21%	5%	25 Jan 2019
H1 2018	22	24%	4%	25 Jul 2018
H2 2017	33	40%	6%	29 Jan 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 15-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 15-day vs a 0-day payment cycle.

≈ £6,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 15-day cycle — about £5,900 more than the same account would carry at 0-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 3 days slower over the window (12 → 15 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 15, moving within about ±2 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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