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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Chelsea FC PLC pays suppliers in 32 days on average — inside its 61-day stated terms

CRN 02536231 · Professional & technical services · 18 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

32daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 29 days inside their stated 61-day term.

Around averagevs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
61 days
Paid outside agreed terms
9% 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 29 days inside the 61-day term they state

The pattern · last 6 of 18 reports

29 → 32 days — slowing down

The read · computed from their figures

Chelsea FC PLC's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 32 days against stated terms of 61 days; 9% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 7% took 61 days or longer. Filed 6 Aug 2026.

The direction is slower: from 29 days in H2 2023 to 32 now — 3 days slower across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 54% of the 510 large companies reporting in professional & technical services.

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 2026329%7%6 Aug 2026
H2 2025235%3%24 Feb 2026
H1 2025216%3%30 Jul 2025
H2 2024235%2%31 Jan 2025
H1 2024258%4%6 Aug 2024
H2 20232910%5%6 Feb 2024
H1 2023269%4%12 Jul 2023
H2 2022279%4%30 Jan 2023
H1 20223529%12%26 Jul 2022
H2 2021174%1%31 Jan 2022
H1 2021246%4%26 Jul 2021
H2 2020218%3%1 Feb 2021
H1 20202211%5%30 Jul 2020
H2 2019185%2%4 Feb 2020
H1 2019174%2%6 Aug 2019
H2 2018209%1%13 May 2019
H1 2018166%1%13 May 2019
H2 2017209%2%13 May 2019

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
3 Sept 1990
Registered office
STAMFORD BRIDGE, LONDON, SW6 1HS
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Mar 2027

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Quick answers · Chelsea FC PLC

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 3 days slower over the window (29 → 32 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report puts the average at day 32; across their last 6 reports it ranged 21–32 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
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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.
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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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