Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Nike (UK) Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 01887016 · 10 statutory reports on record · period to 31 May 2022

32days

their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period

Around averagevs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

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

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 31 May 2022 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 5–90 days. Reported average: 32.

Stated terms5–90d

+27 days

Reported avg32d

At a glance

The key figures

5–90d

their stated terms

30%

invoices paid outside terms

+9d

slower over the window

±5d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Faster than 50% of large companies reporting.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 5d

H2 2019H1 2020H2 2020H1 2021H2 2021H1 2022

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 75% 31–60 days 13% 61+ days 11%

The read · computed from their figures

Nike (UK) Limited has filed 10 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2017). Their latest report puts the average at 32 days against stated terms of 5–90 days.

The direction is slower: from 23 to 32 days over the window — about 9 days slower.

In the latest period 30% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 11% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

30 days for third party vendors, 90 days for intercompany vendors and 10 days for employee expenses.

Dispute resolution

Vendors should contact the finance helpdesk via e-mail in the first instance for all invoicing and payment disputes. The helpdesk may then reach out to the Nike business partner or a member of the Nike Financial Controlling team for assistance and information in order to resolve the dispute. Should this fail, the dispute will be escalated to the Nike Financial Controlling team for correspondence with the vendor in question via e-mail or telephone to enable swift resolution of the dispute.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2022	32	30%	11%	20 Jun 2022
H2 2021	29	28%	9%	20 Dec 2021
H1 2021	37	34%	14%	4 Aug 2021
H2 2020	39	37%	17%	16 Dec 2020
H1 2020	18	24%	5%	29 Jun 2020
H2 2019	23	24%	7%	11 Dec 2019
H1 2019	21	24%	8%	25 Jun 2019
H2 2018	21	20%	7%	12 Dec 2018
H1 2018	22	18%	8%	29 Jun 2018
H2 2017	19	20%	1%	26 Mar 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 32-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 32-day vs a 5-day payment cycle.

≈ £12,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 32-day cycle — about £10,600 more than the same account would carry at 5-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 9 days slower over the window (23 → 32 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 32, moving within about ±5 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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