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How long does World Brands Duty Free Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 02754745 · Wholesale & retail trade · 18 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

54days
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
6 Oct 1992
Registered office
BUILDING 7 CHISWICK PARK, LONDON, W4 5YG
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Mar 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 60 days. Reported average: 54.

Stated terms60d
-6 days
Reported avg54d

At a glance

The key figures

60d
their stated terms
30%
invoices paid outside terms
±1d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 83% of the 819 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

The pattern

Holding steady

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 60d
55
55
54
54
55
54
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 18% 31–60 days 37% 61+ days 45%

The read · computed from their figures

World Brands Duty Free Limited has filed 18 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2017). Their latest report puts the average at 54 days against stated terms of 60 days.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±1 days period to period.

In the latest period 30% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 45% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard terms are 60 days. Where there are changes to payment terms, the supplier will contact WBDF and finance will review, negotiate, and agree where required.

Dispute resolution

The process is as follows: 1) Accounts Payable will be notified of a dispute either from the supplier or the invoice approver. 2) Invoice will be put on hold while dispute is being resolved between the invoice approver and the supplier. 3) Where required, WBDF legal department will be consulted where an invoice is in dispute because the work was not delivered in line with contractual terms. 4) Once the matter is resolved and a resolution is agreed, the approved amount will be paid accordingly.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20265430%45%28 Jul 2026
H2 20255540%49%27 Jan 2026
H1 20255442%45%9 Jul 2025
H2 20245442%42%24 Jan 2025
H1 20245538%47%16 Aug 2024
H2 20235542%43%1 Feb 2024
H1 20235432%46%16 Aug 2023
H2 20225733%48%9 Feb 2023
H1 20225855%50%5 Oct 2022
H2 20214656%35%26 Jan 2022
H1 20213642%19%22 Jul 2021
H2 20203153%14%27 Jan 2021
H1 20205068%31%30 Jul 2020
H2 20193664%20%23 Jan 2020
H1 20194044%20%25 Jul 2019
H2 20183947%22%21 Jan 2019
H1 20183846%28%25 Jul 2018
H2 20173848%26%30 Jan 2018

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average is steady — within about ±1 days period to period, around 54 days.
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 54, moving within about ±1 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 6,185 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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