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How long does Sportsdirect.com Retail Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 03406347 · Wholesale & retail trade · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 26 Apr 2026

26days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Faster 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
21 Jul 1997
Registered office
UNIT A, SHIREBROOK, NG20 8RY
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Jan 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 1 days. Reported average: 26.

Stated terms1d
+25 days
Reported avg26d

At a glance

The key figures

1d
their stated terms
0%
invoices paid outside terms
-3d
faster over the window
±1d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 80% of the 819 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 1d
29
29
28
28
28
26
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 63% 31–60 days 33% 61+ days 4%

The read · computed from their figures

Sportsdirect.com Retail Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2017). Their latest report puts the average at 26 days against stated terms of 1 days.

The direction is faster: from 29 to 26 days over the window — about 3 days faster.

In the latest period 0% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 4% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

The Accounts Payable department is responsible for dispute resolution. Disputes are resolved by negotiation with individual suppliers to ensure that a resolution is reached before the payment due date.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2026260%4%21 Jul 2026
H2 20252835%5%23 Jan 2026
H1 20252824%4%5 Jun 2025
H2 20242817%3%6 Dec 2024
H1 20242922%6%30 May 2024
H2 20232920%4%15 Jan 2024
H1 20233021%5%15 Aug 2023
H2 20222919%5%20 Dec 2022
H1 20223217%6%5 Aug 2022
H2 20213019%4%6 Dec 2021
H1 20213546%9%22 Sept 2021
H2 20203238%6%30 Nov 2020
H1 20204758%21%30 Nov 2020
H1 20194147%10%30 May 2019
H2 20183831%8%29 Nov 2018
H1 20184532%18%29 May 2018
H2 20174227%9%30 Nov 2017

Working-capital effect

What a 26-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 26-day vs a 1-day payment cycle.

≈ £10,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 26-day cycle — about £9,900 more than the same account would carry at 1-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 has moved about 3 days faster over the window (29 → 26 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 26, moving within about ±1 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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