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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Direct Wines Limited pays suppliers in 15 days on average — inside its 90-day stated terms

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

15daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 75 days inside their stated 90-day term.

Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
90 days
Paid outside agreed terms
20% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
1%
Reporting period
28 Dec 2025 – 3 Jul 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 27 Jul 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid 75 days inside the 90-day term they state

The pattern · last 6 of 18 reports

12 → 15 days — slowing down

The read · computed from their figures

Direct Wines Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 15 days against stated terms of 90 days; 20% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 1% took 61 days or longer. Filed 27 Jul 2026.

The direction is slower: from 12 days in H2 2023 to 15 now — 3 days slower across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Faster than 95% of the 815 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

That is 18 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2017) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

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.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20261520%1%27 Jul 2026
H2 20251425%1%23 Jan 2026
H1 20251228%1%24 Jul 2025
H2 20241124%1%24 Jan 2025
H1 20241221%1%25 Jul 2024
H2 20231224%1%26 Jan 2024
H1 20231419%1%26 Jul 2023
H1 20231415%1%25 Jan 2023
H1 20221319%2%28 Jul 2022
H1 20221517%2%27 Jan 2022
H1 20211320%2%28 Jul 2021
H1 20211824%2%28 Jan 2021
H1 20201226%2%30 Jul 2020
H2 20191723%2%24 Jan 2020
H1 20191831%3%25 Jul 2019
H2 20182321%5%25 Jan 2019
H1 20182224%4%25 Jul 2018
H2 20173340%6%29 Jan 2018

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

Open the full record at Companies House.

Quick answers · Direct Wines Limited

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 filed report puts the average at day 15; across their last 6 reports it ranged 11–15 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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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