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Post Office Limited pays suppliers in 30 days on average — right on its stated terms

CRN 02154540 · Wholesale & retail trade · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 29 Sept 2026

30daysavg time to pay · H2 2026

Their H2 2026 filing puts the average right on the 30-day term they state.

Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
30 days
Paid outside agreed terms
3% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
1%
Reporting period
30 Mar 2026 – 29 Sept 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 15 Oct 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H2 2026 filing

Paid right on the 30-day term they state

The pattern · last 6 of 17 reports

Holding steady around 30 days

The read · computed from their figures

Post Office Limited's H2 2026 filing puts their average at 30 days against stated terms of 30 days; 3% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 1% took 61 days or longer. Filed 15 Oct 2026.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±2 days period to period.

On the latest reported averages: Faster than 70% of the 815 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

That is 17 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Payment terms range from immediate payment to 30 days.

Dispute resolution

It is the responsibility of the individual receiving the goods/services to raise and resolve the dispute direct with the supplier. The individual raising the dispute should also inform the Accounts payable team that: a dispute is in action, provide a supplier contact name and an estimated resolution date.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H2 2026303%1%15 Oct 2026
H1 2026344%1%17 Apr 2026
H2 2025345%1%24 Oct 2025
H1 2025324%1%29 Apr 2025
H2 2024305%1%18 Oct 2024
H1 2024315%2%30 Apr 2024
H2 2023325%1%12 Oct 2023
H1 2023317%3%6 Apr 2023
H2 2022326%2%14 Oct 2022
H1 2022306%2%25 Apr 2022
H2 2021280%1%19 Oct 2021
H1 2021290%0%21 Apr 2021
H2 2020320%5%19 Oct 2020
H1 2020310%2%22 Apr 2020
H2 2019300%2%23 Oct 2019
H1 2019280%2%30 Apr 2019
H2 2018280%1%30 Oct 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
13 Aug 1987
Registered office
100 WOOD STREET, LONDON, EC2V 7ER
8 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Quick answers · Post Office Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average is steady — within about ±2 days period to period, around 30 days.
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 30, 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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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