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How long does Pret A Manger (Usa) Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 03836164 · Wholesale & retail trade · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 1 Jul 2026

27days
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
31 Aug 1999
Registered office
75B VERDE, LONDON, SW1E 5DH
1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 0 days. Reported average: 27.

Stated terms0d
+27 days
Reported avg27d

At a glance

The key figures

0d
their stated terms
11%
invoices paid outside terms
±3d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 77% of the 819 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

The pattern

Holding steady

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

29
4
25
31
30
27
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 58% 31–60 days 40% 61+ days 2%

The read · computed from their figures

Pret A Manger (Usa) Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 27 days against stated terms of 0 days.

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

In the latest period 11% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 2% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Pret operates periodic payment runs and the operation of these payment cycles means that some suppliers may on occasion receive payment after the due date, but this practice is reflected within the reported net payment terms of 30 days. For suppliers with whom Pret A Manger has a strong relationship, based on mutual agreement, payment terms can go up to 60 days or more

Dispute resolution

Pret A Manger's accounts payable team are responsible for processing supplier invoices, matching to purchase orders, and handling dispute resolution. The team can be contacted by email, telephone or letter, and aim to proactively manage any query from suppliers. Where this query results in dispute, this is escalated within the finance team and within the business contact managing the supplier relationship.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20262711%2%30 Jul 2026
H2 20253013%7%29 Jan 2026
H1 2025317%7%31 Jul 2025
H2 20242519%4%29 Jan 2025
H1 2024411%5%23 Dec 2024
H2 20232931%20%23 Dec 2024
H1 20231716%11%23 Dec 2024
H2 20222214%11%23 Dec 2024
H1 2022108%5%23 Dec 2024
H2 2021137%7%23 Dec 2024
H1 20214626%21%23 Dec 2024
H2 20202966%60%23 Dec 2024
H1 20202596%7%31 Jul 2020
H1 20202357%2%30 Jan 2020
H1 20192569%0%31 Jul 2019
H1 20192778%1%31 Jan 2019
H1 20182782%6%26 Jul 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 27-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 27-day vs a 0-day payment cycle.

≈ £10,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 27-day cycle — about £10,600 more than the same account would carry at 0-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 is steady — within about ±3 days period to period, around 27 days.
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 27, 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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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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