Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Cult Beauty Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 06195011 · Wholesale & retail trade · 4 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Dec 2023

50days

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 Dec 2023 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: 30 Mar 2007
Registered office: ICON 1 7-9 SUNBANK LANE, ALTRINCHAM, WA15 0AF

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

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 0–60 days. Reported average: 50.

Stated terms0–60d

+50 days

Reported avg50d

At a glance

The key figures

0–60d

their stated terms

84%

invoices paid outside terms

-13d

faster over the window

±9d

variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 78% of the 819 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 4 statutory reports.

H1 2022H2 2022H1 2023H2 2023

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 11% 31–60 days 44% 61+ days 45%

The read · computed from their figures

Cult Beauty Limited has filed 4 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2022). Their latest report puts the average at 50 days against stated terms of 0–60 days.

The direction is faster: from 63 to 50 days over the window — about 13 days faster.

In the latest period 84% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 45% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Cult Beauty’s standard payment terms are: Stock: Typically 60 days from the end of the month in which a tax invoice is received. Non-stock: Typically 60 days from the end of the month in which a tax invoice is received. The Company trades with a limited number of suppliers on proforma payment terms due to legacy trading arrangements or those relationships established due to acquisition. The Company works flexibly with suppliers to ensure agreed terms are acceptable for both parties.

Dispute resolution

Supplier queries and disputes are to be sent to the Accounts Payable department at the following email addresses: Stock - [email protected], Non-stock - [email protected]. Stock suppliers have allocated representatives who will liaise internally with the relevant buying team and/or warehouse in order to resolve the query. Non-stock suppliers’ queries and disputes are dealt with by a dedicated ‘Overheads’ team. Emails are usually responded to within two working days. If disputes cannot be resolved by the Accounts Payable department they are escalated within the business as appropriate.

Other information

Please note, the Cult Beauty PPPR statistics are based on approx. 100 transactions only.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2023	50	84%	45%	8 Feb 2024
H1 2023	67	39%	55%	17 Aug 2023
H2 2022	58	25%	41%	13 Mar 2023
H1 2022	63	22%	46%	5 Aug 2022

Working-capital effect

What a 50-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 50-day vs a 0-day payment cycle.

≈ £19,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 50-day cycle — about £19,700 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 13 days faster over the window (63 → 50 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 50, moving within about ±9 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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