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How long does Build-a-bear Workshop UK Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 04537212 · Wholesale & retail trade · 13 statutory reports on record · period to 1 Feb 2025

48days
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.

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Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 1 Feb 2025 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
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
17 Sept 2002
Registered office
10-14 BATH ROAD, SLOUGH, SL1 3SA
4 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Oct 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 0–60 days. Reported average: 48.

Stated terms0–60d
+48 days
Reported avg48d

At a glance

The key figures

0–60d
their stated terms
39%
invoices paid outside terms
-16d
faster over the window
±8d
variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 75% of the 819 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

64
73
34
50
38
48
H1 2022H1 2023H1 2023H1 2024H1 2024H1 2025

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 62% 31–60 days 26% 61+ days 12%

The read · computed from their figures

Build-a-bear Workshop UK Limited has filed 13 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 48 days against stated terms of 0–60 days.

The direction is faster: from 64 to 48 days over the window — about 16 days faster.

In the latest period 39% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 12% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Under BABW's standard contractual terms we commit to the payment of all undisputed sums properly due to third party suppliers within 30 days of receipt of valid invoice. Invoices are received via our central processing centre, accessed at [email protected] and via post.

Dispute resolution

BABW's authorised representatives seek to resolve any issues as soon as possible before invoice is approved for payment. The authorised representative is the supplier's main contact with BABW for the purchases. This is typically the person who has ordered the goods or services and who has been named on the invoice.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20254839%12%26 Feb 2025
H1 20243840%9%2 Sept 2024
H1 20245037%12%1 Mar 2024
H1 20233440%8%21 Aug 2023
H1 20237342%17%23 Feb 2023
H1 20226438%15%22 Aug 2022
H1 20225343%17%25 Feb 2022
H1 20213442%16%23 Aug 2021
H1 2020199%3%29 Sept 2020
H1 2020189%9%10 Mar 2020
H1 20191819%19%29 Aug 2019
H1 2019223%3%4 Mar 2019
H1 2018245%5%3 Sept 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 48-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 48-day vs a 0-day payment cycle.

≈ £19,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 48-day cycle — about £18,900 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 has moved about 16 days faster over the window (64 → 48 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 48, moving within about ±8 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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