Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk
Menzies Distribution Limited pays suppliers in 16 days on average — within its stated 3–60 day terms
Their H2 2025 filing puts the average 13 days past the shortest term they state (3 days), still within their 60-day upper term.
- Their stated terms
- 3–60 days
- Paid outside agreed terms
- 5% of invoices
- Paid after 61+ days
- 3%
- Reporting period
- 29 Jun 2025 – 27 Dec 2025
- Source
- their gov.uk filing, filed 30 Jan 2026
Self-reported figures from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.
Terms vs reality · their H2 2025 filing
Paid within their stated range — 16 against 3–60 days
Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices
The pattern · last 6 of 16 reports
31 → 16 days — getting faster
The read · computed from their figures
Menzies Distribution Limited's H2 2025 filing puts their average at 16 days against stated terms of 3–60 days; 5% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 3% took 61 days or longer. Filed 30 Jan 2026.
The direction is faster: from 31 days in H1 2023 to 16 now — 15 days faster across their last 6 reports.
On the latest reported averages: Faster than 94% of the 815 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.
That is 16 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.
What they tell their suppliers
In their own words · from the filing
Standard payment terms
Varies from 3 to 60 days per vendor type below: Vendors terms are normally contractually agreed as 60 days. The standard Publisher terms are payment at the end of the month following supply, plus 3 banking days. Self-billed contractors are paid one week in arrears of the working week, standard payment terms are 3 days from self bill invoice. Self-billed Trunking contractors are paid one month in arrears of the working month, standard payment terms are 3 days from self bill invoice. Unique payment terms are agreed for specific Publishers and Trunking contractors.
Dispute resolution
Accounts Payable team operate shared email addresses for Vendors, Contractors and Publishers. This email address is the initial point of contact for disputes and complaints. Queries regarding acceptability of payment terms are referred to Head of Finance Shared Service for resolution.
Every statutory report on record
Most recent first.
| Period | Avg days | Outside terms | 61+ days | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H2 2025 | 16 | 5% | 3% | 30 Jan 2026 |
| H1 2025 | 17 | 6% | 2% | 27 Jul 2025 |
| H2 2024 | 19 | 7% | 3% | 27 Jan 2025 |
| H1 2024 | 24 | 7% | 5% | 29 Jul 2024 |
| H2 2023 | 26 | 8% | 5% | 29 Jan 2024 |
| H1 2023 | 31 | 9% | 6% | 31 Jul 2023 |
| H2 2022 | 32 | 12% | 8% | 30 Jan 2023 |
| H1 2022 | 33 | 12% | 8% | 1 Aug 2022 |
| H1 2022 | 31 | 14% | 8% | 31 Jan 2022 |
| H1 2021 | 27 | 12% | 5% | 2 Aug 2021 |
| H2 2020 | 28 | 14% | 7% | 22 Jan 2021 |
| H1 2020 | 29 | 16% | 7% | 27 Jul 2020 |
| H2 2019 | 27 | 22% | 6% | 24 Jan 2020 |
| H1 2019 | 26 | 21% | 7% | 19 Jul 2019 |
| H2 2018 | 26 | 20% | 5% | 24 Jan 2019 |
| H1 2018 | 26 | 19% | 6% | 26 Jul 2018 |
On the public register · Companies House
Company record
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 15 Jun 1979
- Registered office
- MORAY HOUSE 23-35, LONDON, W1W 7PA
Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic
What a 16-day cycle ties up
A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 16-day vs a 3-day payment cycle.
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.
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