Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk
Early Learning Limited paid suppliers in 40 days on average — within its stated 7–105 day terms
Their H2 2018 filing put the average 33 days past the shortest term they state (7 days), still within their 105-day upper term.
- Their stated terms
- 7–105 days
- Paid outside agreed terms
- 42% of invoices
- Paid after 61+ days
- 34%
- Reporting period
- 24 Mar 2018 – 5 Oct 2018
- Source
- their gov.uk filing, filed 5 Nov 2018
Self-reported figures from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.
Terms vs reality · their H2 2018 filing
Paid within their stated range — 40 against 7–105 days
Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices
The read · computed from their figures
Early Learning Limited's H2 2018 filing put their average at 40 days against stated terms of 7–105 days; 42% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 34% took 61 days or longer. Filed 5 Nov 2018.
That is one statutory period on record (earliest H2 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.
In their own words · from the filing
Standard payment terms
ELC has set the following standard payment terms with its suppliers: a. Goods for re-sale 90 days from date of invoice; b. Goods not for resale up to 60 days from date of invoice. These terms vary based on individual agreements. Suppliers are made aware of payment run cycle: a. Goods for resale payment runs submitted twice a week; b. Goods not for resale payment run submitted weekly These impact payment within agreed terms, but suppliers are aware of these payment cycles. As a result, 23% of late payments are settled within 1 week of the due date.
Dispute resolution
Invoice or payment disputes are initially reported to Accounts Payable where member of team will investigate with the account relationship holder. In the event of a dispute not being resolved, it will be escalated to the Treasury Manager and/or the Head of Group Finance and the Senior Buyer. Once resolved the supplier will be paid in accordance with payment terms or on the next available payment run.
Other information
ELC is part of Mothercare group, average late payment across the group is 37% of which 27% is paid within 1 week after due date due to the timing of payment runs. Contractually ELC run a debit note process for supplier income on the Accounts Payable ledger therefore impacting timing of some invoices paid.
Every statutory report on record
Most recent first.
| Period | Avg days | Outside terms | 61+ days | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H2 2018 | 40 | 42% | 34% | 5 Nov 2018 |
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