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Sainsbury'S Supermarkets Ltd pays suppliers in 49 days on average — inside its 120-day stated terms

CRN 03261722 · Wholesale & retail trade · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 28 Feb 2026

49daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 71 days inside their stated 120-day term.

Slower than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
120 days
Paid outside agreed terms
2% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
16%
Reporting period
2 Mar 2025 – 28 Feb 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 1 Apr 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid 71 days inside the 120-day term they state

The pattern · last 6 of 16 reports

Holding steady around 49 days

The read · computed from their figures

Sainsbury'S Supermarkets Ltd's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 49 days against stated terms of 120 days; 2% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 16% took 61 days or longer. Filed 1 Apr 2026.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±0 days period to period.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 77% of the 815 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

That is 16 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

Payment code: Yes, this business has signed up to: GSCOP Offers e-invoicing Offers supply-chain finance

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard Payment Terms for Goods Not for Resale - 75 Days (from invoice date) Standard Terms for Goods for Resale (Non Food) - 75 Days (from latter of invoice and receipt date) Standard Terms for all other goods for resale - End of Month Following (from latter of invoice and receipt date)

Dispute resolution

Disputes are resolved by negotiation involving the relevant parties

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2026492%16%1 Apr 2026
H2 2025492%16%9 Oct 2025
H1 2025492%18%1 Apr 2025
H2 2024492%18%4 Oct 2024
H1 2024524%23%2 Apr 2024
H2 2023512%23%17 Oct 2023
H1 2023513%23%31 Mar 2023
H2 2022513%23%14 Oct 2022
H1 2022513%23%8 May 2022
H2 2021513%24%18 Oct 2021
H1 2021503%22%14 Apr 2021
H2 2020493%20%13 Oct 2020
H1 2020512%22%5 Apr 2020
H2 2019512%21%8 Oct 2019
H1 2019512%24%9 Apr 2019
H2 2018512%22%3 Oct 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
10 Oct 1996
Registered office
33 CHARTERHOUSE STREET, LONDON, EC1M 6HA
6 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 6 Dec 2026

Open the full record at Companies House.

Quick answers · Sainsbury'S Supermarkets Ltd

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average is steady — within about ±0 days period to period, around 49 days.
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 49, moving within about ±0 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
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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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