Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Wickes Building Supplies Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 01840419 · Wholesale & retail trade · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

46days

their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period

Slower than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

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

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 13 Aug 1984
Registered office: VISION HOUSE, WATFORD, WD24 4JL

2 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30–60 days. Reported average: 46.

Stated terms30–60d

+16 days

Reported avg46d

At a glance

The key figures

30–60d

their stated terms

invoices paid outside terms

-5d

faster over the window

±2d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 71% 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

H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 26% 31–60 days 54% 61+ days 20%

The read · computed from their figures

Wickes Building Supplies Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 46 days against stated terms of 30–60 days.

The direction is faster: from 51 to 46 days over the window — about 5 days faster.

In the latest period 5% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 20% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing 3% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

The company pays in line with the terms set out in written agreements with suppliers, which it has for the majority of goods for resale suppliers and for high value goods not for resale suppliers. Where a written agreement does not exist, the company will pay suppliers of goods for resale to 60 days after the invoice date and suppliers of goods not for resale to 30 days after the invoice date, provided the supplier sends an accurate invoice which quotes the correct purchase order number or cost centre

Dispute resolution

Where non-payment is caused by invoicing inaccuracy due to incorrect pricing/quantities or the quality of goods or services provided, for GNFR the person responsible for the purchase will dispute the invoice, GFR suppliers are sent a credit claim document by email for them to action. Invoices that are subject to a dispute will not be paid until the issue is resolved. Once resolved, payment will be made in accordance with the terms of the contract, unless the invoice is overdue where it will be paid in the next available payment run.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	46	5%	20%	31 Jul 2026
H2 2025	43	3%	17%	6 Feb 2026
H1 2025	46	3%	20%	12 Sept 2025
H2 2024	45	3%	19%	11 Feb 2025
H1 2024	46	5%	19%	29 Jul 2024
H2 2023	51	11%	24%	13 Feb 2024
H1 2023	41	7%	22%	3 Aug 2023
H2 2022	55	24%	21%	1 Feb 2023
H1 2022	50	20%	24%	4 Aug 2022
H1 2022	49	20%	24%	28 Feb 2022
H1 2021	54	18%	26%	27 Aug 2021
H2 2020	59	21%	31%	29 Jan 2021
H1 2020	66	44%	51%	30 Jul 2020
H2 2019	51	70%	40%	24 Jan 2020
H1 2019	50	71%	40%	26 Jul 2019
H2 2018	50	79%	42%	25 Jan 2019
H1 2018	52	80%	44%	26 Jul 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 46-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 46-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £18,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 46-day cycle — about £6,300 more than the same account would carry at 30-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 5 days faster over the window (51 → 46 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 46, moving within about ±2 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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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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