Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Safestore Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 05512707 · Real estate · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Apr 2026

34days

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.

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 19 Jul 2005
Registered office: BRITTANIC HOUSE, BOREHAMWOOD, WD6 2BT

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Jul 2026 — overdue

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30 days. Reported average: 34.

Stated terms30d

+4 days

Reported avg34d

At a glance

The key figures

30d

their stated terms

54%

invoices paid outside terms

±5d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 68% of the 74 large companies reporting in real estate.

The pattern

Holding steady

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d

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

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 60% 31–60 days 34% 61+ days 6%

The read · computed from their figures

Safestore Limited has filed 16 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 34 days against stated terms of 30 days.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±5 days period to period.

In the latest period 54% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 6% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Safestore Limited’s standard terms are to pay all suppliers on qualifying contracts 30 days from the invoice date, except for third party storage suppliers who are paid 7 days from the date of invoice.

Dispute resolution

Suppliers contact the Finance Accounts Payable department and are then provided the email address of the relevant individual managing the qualifying contract. The Accounts Payable department is also copied into the correspondence. The responsible individual contacts the supplier to ascertain the reason for the dispute and resolve the dispute or concern. Generally, the target of the resolution process is 10 working days from the initial contact by the supplier. Once the dispute or concern is resolved, the invoice is typically released for payment within 7 working days from the date of resolution.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	34	54%	6%	31 May 2026
H2 2025	30	25%	5%	30 Nov 2025
H1 2025	26	18%	6%	30 May 2025
H2 2024	25	14%	5%	29 Nov 2024
H1 2024	26	17%	6%	31 May 2024
H2 2023	33	17%	8%	30 Nov 2023
H1 2023	28	23%	7%	31 May 2023
H2 2022	27	24%	5%	29 Nov 2022
H1 2022	28	27%	4%	31 May 2022
H2 2021	31	33%	4%	30 Nov 2021
H1 2021	31	34%	5%	24 May 2021
H2 2020	36	41%	10%	4 Jan 2021
H1 2020	35	35%	9%	1 Jun 2020
H1 2019	35	42%	6%	17 Jun 2019
H2 2018	33	43%	8%	30 Nov 2018
H1 2018	36	47%	10%	31 May 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 34-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 34-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £13,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 34-day cycle — about £1,600 more than the same account would carry at 30-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 ±5 days period to period, around 34 days.

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 34, moving within about ±5 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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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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