Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk
We Buy Any Car Limited pays suppliers in 15 days on average — inside its 60-day stated terms
Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 45 days inside their stated 60-day term.
- Their stated terms
- 60 days
- Paid outside agreed terms
- 16% of invoices
- Paid after 61+ days
- 1%
- Reporting period
- 30 Sept 2025 – 29 Mar 2026
- Source
- their gov.uk filing, filed 27 Apr 2026
Self-reported figures from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.
Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing
Paid 45 days inside the 60-day term they state
Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices
The pattern · last 6 of 16 reports
Holding steady around 15 days
The read · computed from their figures
We Buy Any Car Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 15 days against stated terms of 60 days; 16% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 1% took 61 days or longer. Filed 27 Apr 2026.
The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±1 days period to period.
On the latest reported averages: Faster than 95% of the 815 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.
That is 16 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.
What they tell their suppliers
In their own words · from the filing
Standard payment terms
It is company policy to agree appropriate terms of payment with suppliers for each transaction or series of transactions, and to abide by those terms based on the timely submission of satisfactory invoices. The Company normally settles trade payables on 30 day terms, however variations to these terms do exist based on agreements with certain suppliers. For business to business vehicle purchases, the terms vary between 0 to 4 days.
Dispute resolution
Raised by purchase ledger team with relevant department. If issue not resolved within 14 days escalated to FC, over 30 days escalated to FD.
Every statutory report on record
Most recent first.
| Period | Avg days | Outside terms | 61+ days | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H1 2026 | 15 | 16% | 1% | 27 Apr 2026 |
| H2 2025 | 14 | 12% | 0% | 28 Oct 2025 |
| H1 2025 | 13 | 12% | 1% | 29 Apr 2025 |
| H2 2024 | 15 | 11% | 1% | 29 Oct 2024 |
| H1 2024 | 15 | 11% | 1% | 29 Apr 2024 |
| H2 2023 | 14 | 10% | 0% | 31 Oct 2023 |
| H1 2023 | 15 | 13% | 1% | 2 May 2023 |
| H2 2022 | 16 | 16% | 0% | 28 Oct 2022 |
| H1 2022 | 14 | 15% | 1% | 29 Apr 2022 |
| H2 2021 | 12 | 15% | 0% | 27 Oct 2021 |
| H1 2021 | 14 | 17% | 3% | 27 Apr 2021 |
| H2 2020 | 22 | 43% | 9% | 27 Oct 2020 |
| H1 2020 | 16 | 27% | 2% | 28 Apr 2020 |
| H2 2019 | 16 | 19% | 1% | 25 Oct 2019 |
| H1 2019 | 18 | 22% | 3% | 29 Apr 2019 |
| H2 2018 | 13 | 20% | 1% | 26 Oct 2018 |
On the public register · Companies House
Company record
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2 Mar 2006
- Registered office
- FORM 2, 18 BARTLEY WOOD BUSINESS PARK, HOOK, RG27 9XA
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