Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Signet Trading Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 03768979 · Administrative & support services · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Jan 2026

43days

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.

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 12 May 1999
Registered office: HUNTERS ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B19 1DS

2 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Oct 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30 days. Reported average: 43.

Stated terms30d

+13 days

Reported avg43d

At a glance

The key figures

30d

their stated terms

13%

invoices paid outside terms

-6d

faster over the window

±5d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 79% of the 608 large companies reporting in administrative & support services.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d

H1 2023H1 2024H1 2024H1 2025H1 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 41% 31–60 days 44% 61+ days 15%

The read · computed from their figures

Signet Trading Limited has filed 16 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 43 days against stated terms of 30 days.

The direction is faster: from 49 to 43 days over the window — about 6 days faster.

In the latest period 13% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 15% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

1% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

There are two types of standard payment terms, one for contracts related to merchandise and the other for non-merchandise expenses. The former has standard terms of EOM+30 Days at 2.5% Discount. Effectively this means that payments are made 60 days from the invoice date. It is up to the supplier to negotiate outside of these payment terms. Other terms commonly used for merchandise contracts are as follows: Inv+30 Days at 2.5% discount (payments made 30 days from the invoice date); Inv+90 Days at 1% discount (payments made 90 days from invoice date); Inv+7 days at 3.5% discount (payment made 7 days from invoice date). For non-merchandise expenses, the standard payment terms are 30 days from the date of the invoice. Generally, this varies only for electricity and telephone contracts wh

Dispute resolution

Before payment, invoices must be approved by a member of the department that placed the order. Generally, there are designated people from each department who place orders; suppliers are provided with the contact details for these representatives. If the department has a query with the invoice they flag this with the supplier for clarification or amendments. If a supplier would like to discuss a payment dispute, they must contact the relevant department directly. Failing action from the relevant department, the accounts team are available via telephone and email to resolve any outstanding disputes

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	43	13%	15%	2 Mar 2026
H1 2025	47	8%	12%	1 Sept 2025
H1 2025	48	19%	18%	19 Feb 2025
H1 2024	52	23%	14%	2 Sept 2024
H1 2024	48	18%	14%	12 Feb 2024
H1 2023	49	21%	14%	14 Aug 2023
H1 2023	47	20%	17%	7 Feb 2023
H1 2022	51	22%	12%	23 Aug 2022
H1 2022	30	19%	10%	14 Feb 2022
H1 2021	44	21%	10%	19 Aug 2021
H1 2021	52	41%	18%	23 Feb 2021
H1 2020	53	48%	29%	28 Aug 2020
H1 2020	39	12%	6%	27 Feb 2020
H1 2019	33	7%	2%	2 Sept 2019
H1 2019	31	6%	2%	1 Mar 2019
H1 2018	31	6%	2%	31 Aug 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 43-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 43-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £17,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 43-day cycle — about £5,100 more than the same account would carry at 30-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 6 days faster over the window (49 → 43 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 43, moving within about ±5 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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