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How long does Paul Smith Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 01170719 · Wholesale & retail trade · 18 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

12days
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.

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On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
17 May 1974
Registered office
THE POPLARS, NOTTINGHAM, NG7 2PW
9 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Mar 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30 days. Reported average: 12.

Stated terms30d
-18 days
Reported avg12d

At a glance

The key figures

30d
their stated terms
9%
invoices paid outside terms
-9d
faster over the window
±4d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 97% of the 819 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d
21
20
17
19
16
12
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 87% 31–60 days 10% 61+ days 3%

The read · computed from their figures

Paul Smith Limited has filed 18 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2017). Their latest report puts the average at 12 days against stated terms of 30 days.

The direction is faster: from 21 to 12 days over the window — about 9 days faster.

In the latest period 9% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 3% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard payment terms are 30 or 60 days dependent on the type of goods or services purchased. In general goods from suppliers for resale are 60 day terms and all other suppliers 30 day terms.

Dispute resolution

Suppliers can contact our Accounts Payable team via email ([email protected]) with any disputes. If disputes cannot be resolved by the department these are escalated to the Group Financial Controller for consideration.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2026129%3%13 Aug 2026
H2 2025167%4%9 Feb 2026
H1 20251917%6%5 Nov 2025
H2 20241710%5%4 Mar 2025
H1 20242012%6%22 Jul 2024
H2 20232113%6%5 Feb 2024
H1 20232318%7%28 Jul 2023
H2 20222217%6%16 Jan 2023
H1 20222428%7%7 Dec 2022
H2 20212228%6%29 Apr 2022
H1 20212223%6%8 Sept 2021
H2 20202431%5%13 May 2021
H1 20202132%11%11 May 2021
H2 20192231%7%10 May 2021
H1 20192738%10%3 Oct 2019
H2 20182637%8%3 Oct 2019
H1 20182441%9%21 Dec 2018
H2 20172237%7%3 May 2018

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 9 days faster over the window (21 → 12 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 12, moving within about ±4 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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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).

Report PL-01170719 · latest period to 30 Jun 2026

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