Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Benefit Cosmetics Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 03922046 · Wholesale & retail trade · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

24days

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.

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 9 Feb 2000
Registered office: MARCONI BUILDING, CHELMSFORD, CM1 1PH

2 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 15 days. Reported average: 24.

Stated terms15d

+9 days

Reported avg24d

At a glance

The key figures

15d

their stated terms

12%

invoices paid outside terms

-8d

faster over the window

±1d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Faster than 83% 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 15d

H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 88% 31–60 days 10% 61+ days 2%

The read · computed from their figures

Benefit Cosmetics Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 24 days against stated terms of 15 days.

The direction is faster: from 32 to 24 days over the window — about 8 days faster.

In the latest period 12% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 2% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

30 Days from receipt of invoice, unless specific due date specified in contract.

Dispute resolution

The main point of contact for invoice queries is the UK Accounts Payable Team, who process approved invoices and follow internal processes to deal with and resolve invoice queries. They can be contacted via a dedicated, shared e-mail address and in return communicate either by e-mail or phone. On the rare occasions that resolution cannot be reached with the Accounts Payable Team, unresolved invoice queries may be escalated to Finance manager on a case by case basis for resolution.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	24	12%	2%	31 Jul 2026
H2 2025	25	10%	2%	10 Mar 2026
H1 2025	25	16%	2%	4 Mar 2026
H2 2024	25	15%	3%	27 Jan 2025
H1 2024	24	14%	1%	29 Jul 2024
H2 2023	32	19%	4%	26 Jan 2024
H1 2023	27	25%	5%	17 Jul 2023
H2 2022	30	17%	3%	26 Jan 2023
H1 2022	28	20%	6%	18 Jul 2022
H2 2021	39	34%	12%	24 Jan 2022
H1 2021	47	29%	10%	13 Jul 2021
H2 2020	45	29%	12%	27 Jan 2021
H1 2020	36	24%	9%	27 Jul 2020
H2 2019	28	18%	7%	31 Jan 2020
H1 2019	32	24%	6%	25 Jul 2019
H2 2018	34	28%	10%	22 Jan 2019
H1 2018	40	41%	13%	27 Jul 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 24-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 24-day vs a 15-day payment cycle.

≈ £9,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 24-day cycle — about £3,500 more than the same account would carry at 15-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 8 days faster over the window (32 → 24 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 24, 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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