Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Dorchester Hotel Limited pays suppliers in 63 days on average — 3 days past its stated terms

CRN 01229635 · Accommodation & food · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

63daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 3 days past the 60-day term they state.

Well behindvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers

Their stated terms: 30–60 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 63% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 42%
Reporting period: 1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 29 Jul 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid 3 days past their stated terms

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–70

avg 63d

0 days70 days

reported avg 63 days their filed terms 30–60 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 20% 31–60 days 38% 61+ days 42%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #114770, period 1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026, filed 29 Jul 2026 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Dorchester Hotel Limited pays 3 days past its own stated terms. 63% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 42% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2026 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 17 reports

26 → 63 days — slowing down

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 17 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

37 days slower across the window. From 26 days in H2 2023 to 63 in the H1 2026 filing; the dashed line marks the 30-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Dorchester Hotel Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 63 days against stated terms of 30–60 days; 63% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 42% took 61 days or longer. Filed 29 Jul 2026.

The direction is slower: from 26 days in H2 2023 to 63 now — 37 days slower across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 94% of the 145 large companies reporting in accommodation & food.

That is 17 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

The standard contractual length oftime for payment of invoices is 30 days

Dispute resolution

The Area Finance Director andArea Purchasing Manager are the first point of contact for any dispute resolution. If the supplier is not satisfied with the first point of contact they are offered the opportunity to speak to the General Manager of the hotel concerned (the company operates two hotels).

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	63	63%	42%	29 Jul 2026
H2 2025	48	31%	3%	15 Jan 2026
H1 2025	27	67%	0%	14 Jul 2025
H2 2024	25	67%	0%	24 Jan 2025
H1 2024	52	85%	7%	11 Jul 2024
H2 2023	26	90%	1%	17 Jan 2024
H1 2023	56	97%	19%	27 Jul 2023
H2 2022	29	39%	3%	11 Jan 2023
H1 2022	43	80%	11%	14 Jul 2022
H2 2021	23	24%	1%	10 Feb 2022
H1 2021	64	29%	6%	19 Jul 2021
H2 2020	76	42%	9%	28 Jan 2021
H1 2020	75	61%	9%	20 Jul 2020
H2 2019	28	54%	13%	29 Jan 2020
H1 2019	28	31%	2%	29 Jul 2019
H2 2018	24	31%	1%	30 Jan 2019
H1 2018	24	58%	0%	31 Jul 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 13 Oct 1975
Registered office: 53 PARK LANE, LONDON, W1K 1QA

1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 63-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 63-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £25,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 63-day cycle — about £13,000 more than the same account would carry at 30-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 · Dorchester Hotel Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 37 days slower over the window (26 → 63 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report puts the average at day 63; across their last 6 reports it ranged 25–63 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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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?

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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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