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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Chelsea Football Club Limited pays suppliers in 23 days on average — inside its 61-day stated terms

CRN 01965149 · Arts & entertainment · 18 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

23daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 38 days inside their stated 61-day term.

Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
61 days
Paid outside agreed terms
12% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
7%
Reporting period
1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 6 Aug 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid 38 days inside the 61-day term they state

The pattern · last 6 of 18 reports

Holding steady around 23 days

The read · computed from their figures

Chelsea Football Club Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 23 days against stated terms of 61 days; 12% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 7% took 61 days or longer. Filed 6 Aug 2026.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±7 days period to period.

On the latest reported averages: Faster than 75% of the 73 large companies reporting in arts & entertainment.

That is 18 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2017) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

The Company's standard payment terms are that invoices are paid at the end of the month following the month in which the invoice is received.

Dispute resolution

Payment disputes are initially handled by the Company's Accounts Payable team. If the dispute is unable to be resolved it is initially escalated within the Finance team and then, if required, to the Company's Legal team.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20262312%7%6 Aug 2026
H2 20253414%11%24 Feb 2026
H1 20253619%17%30 Jul 2025
H2 20242715%10%31 Jan 2025
H1 20242520%12%6 Aug 2024
H2 20232519%13%6 Feb 2024
H1 20232411%7%12 Jul 2023
H2 20222814%10%30 Jan 2023
H1 20223026%13%26 Jul 2022
H2 2021122%1%31 Jan 2022
H1 2021193%2%26 Jul 2021
H2 2020197%2%1 Feb 2021
H1 2020219%5%30 Jul 2020
H2 2019209%3%4 Feb 2020
H1 2019188%3%6 Aug 2019
H2 2018186%1%13 May 2019
H1 2018188%1%13 May 2019
H2 2017183%1%13 May 2019

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
26 Nov 1985
Registered office
STAMFORD BRIDGE GROUND, LONDON, SW6 1HS
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Mar 2027

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Quick answers · Chelsea Football Club Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average is steady — within about ±7 days period to period, around 23 days.
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 23, moving within about ±7 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?
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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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