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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Pret A Manger (Europe) Limited pays suppliers in 21 days on average — inside its 30-day stated terms

CRN 01854213 · Wholesale & retail trade · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 1 Jul 2026

21daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 9 days inside their stated 30-day term.

Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
30 days
Paid outside agreed terms
16% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
10%
Reporting period
2 Jan 2026 – 1 Jul 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 30 Jul 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid 9 days inside the 30-day term they state

The pattern · last 6 of 17 reports

16 → 21 days — slowing down

The read · computed from their figures

Pret A Manger (Europe) Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 21 days against stated terms of 30 days; 16% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 10% took 61 days or longer. Filed 30 Jul 2026.

The direction is slower: from 16 days in H2 2023 to 21 now — 5 days slower across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Faster than 88% of the 815 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

That is 17 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers supply-chain finance

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Pret operates periodic payment runs and the operation of these payment cycles means that some suppliers may on occasion receive payment after the due date, but this practice is reflected within the reported net payment terms of 30 days. For suppliers with whom Pret A Manger has a strong relationship, based on mutual agreement, payment terms can go up to 120 days or more

Dispute resolution

Pret A Manger's accounts payable team are responsible for processing supplier invoices, matching to purchase orders, and handling dispute resolution. The team can be contacted by email, telephone or letter, and aim to proactively manage any query from suppliers. Where this query results in dispute, this is escalated within the finance team and within the business contact managing the supplier relationship.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20262116%10%30 Jul 2026
H2 20251612%6%29 Jan 2026
H1 20251812%8%31 Jul 2025
H2 2024189%7%29 Jan 2025
H1 20242012%9%26 Jul 2024
H2 20231611%7%15 Feb 2024
H1 20231716%3%27 Jul 2023
H1 20232633%10%22 Mar 2023
H1 20223447%18%22 Mar 2023
H1 20222428%12%22 Mar 2023
H1 20213840%24%22 Mar 2023
H1 20212525%12%22 Mar 2023
H1 20201933%3%31 Jul 2020
H1 20202910%1%30 Jan 2020
H1 2019296%0%31 Jul 2019
H1 2019309%0%31 Jan 2019
H1 20183011%0%26 Jul 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
10 Oct 1984
Registered office
75B VERDE, LONDON, SW1E 5DH
2 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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Quick answers · Pret A Manger (Europe) Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 5 days slower over the window (16 → 21 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report puts the average at day 21; across their last 6 reports it ranged 16–21 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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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