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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Signet Trading Limited pays suppliers in 47 days on average — 40 days past its stated terms

CRN 03768979 · Administrative & support services · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 1 Aug 2026

47daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 40 days past the 7-day term they state.

Slower than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
7 days
Paid outside agreed terms
7% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
14%
Reporting period
1 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 40 days past their stated terms

The pattern · last 6 of 17 reports

Holding steady around 47 days

The read · computed from their figures

Signet Trading Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 47 days against stated terms of 7 days; 7% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 14% took 61 days or longer. Filed 27 Aug 2026.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±3 days period to period.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 85% of the 593 large companies reporting in administrative & support services.

That is 17 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

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.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2026477%14%27 Aug 2026
H1 20264313%15%2 Mar 2026
H1 2025478%12%1 Sept 2025
H1 20254819%18%19 Feb 2025
H1 20245223%14%2 Sept 2024
H1 20244818%14%12 Feb 2024
H1 20234921%14%14 Aug 2023
H1 20234720%17%7 Feb 2023
H1 20225122%12%23 Aug 2022
H1 20223019%10%14 Feb 2022
H1 20214421%10%19 Aug 2021
H1 20215241%18%23 Feb 2021
H1 20205348%29%28 Aug 2020
H1 20203912%6%27 Feb 2020
H1 2019337%2%2 Sept 2019
H1 2019316%2%1 Mar 2019
H1 2018316%2%31 Aug 2018

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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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 47-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 47-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £18,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 47-day cycle — about £15,800 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 · Signet Trading Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average is steady — within about ±3 days period to period, around 47 days.
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 47, moving within about ±3 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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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.
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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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