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How long does Charlies Stores Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 01761459 · Wholesale & retail trade · 14 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Jul 2025

43days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Well behindvs 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
14 Oct 1983
Registered office
UNIT 7, WELSHPOOL, SY21 8SS
3 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Apr 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 0–120 days. Reported average: 43.

Stated terms0–120d
+43 days
Reported avg43d

At a glance

The key figures

0–120d
their stated terms
74%
invoices paid outside terms
-14d
faster over the window
±6d
variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 64% of the 819 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

57
55
54
47
48
43
H1 2023H1 2023H1 2024H1 2024H1 2025H1 2025

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 33% 31–60 days 46% 61+ days 21%

The read · computed from their figures

Charlies Stores Limited has filed 14 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 43 days against stated terms of 0–120 days.

The direction is faster: from 57 to 43 days over the window — about 14 days faster.

In the latest period 74% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 21% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Our standard payment terms are 35 days end of month. We have a number of extended payment plans to cover goods that are delivered prior to season commencing. We pay a 30% deposit payment for container stock with full payment made on submission of documents before the stock is delivered. All invoices for services are usually paid within 15 days.

Dispute resolution

Claims for short deliveries are sent to the supplier as soon as the goods are received. These claims are then resent to the supplier after 30 days if we have not received a credit note. Claims for pricing errors are sent to the supplier when the invoice is matched and then resent to the supplier if no credit is received after 30 days. We run our supplier payments weekly and maintain a regular dialogue with our suppliers to ensure that all invoice discrepancies are resolved as quickly as possible.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20254374%21%5 Sept 2025
H1 20254882%27%25 Feb 2025
H1 20244783%25%30 Aug 2024
H1 20245486%35%21 Feb 2024
H1 20235590%38%21 Feb 2024
H1 20235795%43%11 May 2023
H1 20225294%36%11 May 2023
H1 20224390%19%11 May 2023
H1 20214442%22%14 Oct 2021
H1 20214246%16%22 Apr 2021
H1 20204762%25%13 Nov 2020
H1 20195867%38%15 Nov 2019
H1 20195365%28%9 Jul 2019
H1 20184359%10%20 Feb 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 43-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 43-day vs a 0-day payment cycle.

≈ £17,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 43-day cycle — about £17,000 more than the same account would carry at 0-day terms.

Late Payment Act. The Late Payment of Commercial Debts Act 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

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 14 days faster over the window (57 → 43 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 43, moving within about ±6 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).

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