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How long does White Stuff Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 02319237 · Wholesale & retail trade · 18 statutory reports on record · period to 28 Mar 2026

38days
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.

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On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
18 Nov 1988
Registered office
CANTERBURY COURT KENNINGTON PARK, LONDON, SW9 6DE
2 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 0–120 days. Reported average: 38.

Stated terms0–120d
+38 days
Reported avg38d

At a glance

The key figures

0–120d
their stated terms
16%
invoices paid outside terms
±2d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 52% of the 819 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

The pattern

Holding steady

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

36
32
40
37
36
38
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 65% 31–60 days 14% 61+ days 21%

The read · computed from their figures

White Stuff Limited has filed 18 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2017). Their latest report puts the average at 38 days against stated terms of 0–120 days.

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

In the latest period 16% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 21% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

1% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Overheads standard terms up to 60 days with majority on 30 days. Pay terms for stock suppliers go up to 120 days.

Dispute resolution

Any invoice in dispute is put on hold, and the Finance Department and relevant Department work with the Supplier to resolve in a timely manner. The result is either the invoice is paid once (all agreed the services and products have been delivered), or a credit note is raised. If issues or the dispute continues, this will be escalated to the next senior member in Finance and the relevant Department

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20263816%21%1 Apr 2026
H2 20253619%20%4 Nov 2025
H1 20253721%19%14 May 2025
H2 20244018%19%27 Nov 2024
H1 20243218%14%24 May 2024
H2 20233620%16%24 Nov 2023
H1 20235421%22%22 May 2023
H2 20225622%23%8 Nov 2022
H1 20225422%28%30 May 2022
H2 20215248%24%21 Dec 2021
H1 20216829%35%26 May 2021
H2 20205743%33%27 Nov 2020
H1 20204239%24%22 May 2020
H2 20193724%21%29 Nov 2019
H1 20193934%21%26 May 2019
H2 20184032%23%26 Mar 2019
H1 20184671%25%31 May 2018
H2 20172820%5%30 Nov 2017

Working-capital effect

What a 38-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 38-day vs a 0-day payment cycle.

≈ £15,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 38-day cycle — about £15,000 more than the same account would carry at 0-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 is steady — within about ±2 days period to period, around 38 days.
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 38, moving within about ±2 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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