Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

The White Company (U.K.) Limited pays suppliers in 42 days on average — within its stated 7–90 day terms

CRN 02998082 · Wholesale & retail trade · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 1 Aug 2026

42daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 35 days past the shortest term they state (7 days), still within their 90-day upper term.

Slower than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers

Their stated terms: 7–90 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 18% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 10%
Reporting period: 3 Feb 2026 – 1 Aug 2026
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 27 Aug 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid within their stated range — 42 against 7–90 days

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avg 42d

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reported avg 42 days their filed terms 7–90 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 53% 31–60 days 37% 61+ days 10%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #116630, period 3 Feb 2026 – 1 Aug 2026, filed 27 Aug 2026 · gov.uk payment-practices service

The White Company (U.K.) Limited pays within its stated range, 35 days past the shortest term. 18% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 10% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2026 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 17 reports

Holding steady around 42 days

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Last 6 of 17 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

Steady around 42 days. Their reported average has moved within about ±6 days period to period; the dashed line marks the 7-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

The White Company (U.K.) Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 42 days against stated terms of 7–90 days; 18% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 10% took 61 days or longer. Filed 27 Aug 2026.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±6 days period to period.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 63% 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

Our standard payment terms for non-stock suppliers is 30 days. The payment terms for the majority of our stock suppliers is 60 days.

Dispute resolution

The Accounts Payable team work closely with our suppliers to ensure that invoice queries and disputes are resolved in a timely manner. We also have dedicated email addresses that our suppliers can use to contact the Accounts Payable team.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	42	18%	10%	27 Aug 2026
H1 2026	46	19%	14%	3 Mar 2026
H1 2025	43	25%	13%	14 Aug 2025
H1 2025	53	64%	28%	17 Feb 2025
H1 2024	43	32%	15%	21 Aug 2024
H1 2024	43	24%	10%	8 Feb 2024
H1 2023	43	23%	11%	24 Aug 2023
H1 2023	47	26%	17%	20 Feb 2023
H1 2022	49	34%	17%	25 Aug 2022
H1 2022	53	55%	25%	23 Mar 2022
H1 2021	30	22%	11%	9 Sept 2021
H1 2021	32	18%	10%	4 Mar 2021
H1 2020	38	34%	23%	11 Sept 2020
H1 2020	26	17%	4%	4 Mar 2020
H1 2019	28	12%	3%	2 Sept 2019
H1 2019	29	19%	5%	29 Apr 2019
H2 2018	49	66%	24%	30 Oct 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 5 Dec 1994
Registered office: 2 TELEVISION CENTRE, LONDON, W12 7FR

2 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Apr 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 42-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 42-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £16,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 42-day cycle — about £13,800 more than the same account would carry at 7-day terms.

Late Payment Act. The Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 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 · The White Company (U.K.) Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average is steady — within about ±6 days period to period, around 42 days.

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 42, moving within about ±6 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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