Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Halfords Group PLC take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 04457314 · Professional & technical services · 12 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2024

73days

their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period

Well behindvs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

Self-reported figure from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 31 Mar 2024 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Public Limited Company
Incorporated: 10 Jun 2002
Registered office: ICKNIELD STREET DRIVE, REDDITCH, B98 0DE

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 45–90 days. Reported average: 73.

Stated terms45–90d

+28 days

Reported avg73d

At a glance

The key figures

45–90d

their stated terms

12%

invoices paid outside terms

±3d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 95% of the 530 large companies reporting in professional & technical services.

The pattern

Holding steady

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 45d

H2 2021H1 2022H2 2022H1 2023H2 2023H1 2024

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 9% 31–60 days 18% 61+ days 73%

The read · computed from their figures

Halfords Group PLC has filed 12 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 73 days against stated terms of 45–90 days.

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

In the latest period 12% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 73% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

As far as standard terms are used, these are 90 days EOM for goods for resale and 60 days EOM for goods not for resale.

Dispute resolution

In the first instance any disputes would be raised via the company's Accounts Payable function. These would then be escalated within the company via both financial and commercial channels and ultimately resolved via negotiation with the supplier concerned.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2024	73	12%	73%	15 May 2024
H2 2023	72	23%	72%	15 May 2024
H1 2023	77	23%	68%	10 May 2023
H2 2022	75	21%	65%	7 Nov 2022
H1 2022	70	27%	68%	3 May 2022
H2 2021	72	27%	69%	23 Dec 2021
H1 2021	76	36%	70%	30 Apr 2021
H2 2020	79	47%	67%	29 Oct 2020
H1 2020	73	25%	60%	28 Apr 2020
H2 2019	80	15%	69%	24 Oct 2019
H1 2019	79	18%	68%	23 Apr 2019
H2 2018	76	24%	62%	10 Dec 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 73-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 73-day vs a 45-day payment cycle.

≈ £29,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 73-day cycle — about £11,000 more than the same account would carry at 45-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 73 days.

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 73, 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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