Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does The Works Stores Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 06557400 · Wholesale & retail trade · 18 statutory reports on record · period to 3 May 2026

43days

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: 7 Apr 2008
Registered office: BOLDMERE HOUSE FARADAY AVENUE, HAMS HALL DISTRIBUTION PARK, BIRMINGHAM, B46 1AL

3 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Jan 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 7–90 days. Reported average: 43.

Stated terms7–90d

+36 days

Reported avg43d

At a glance

The key figures

7–90d

their stated terms

30%

invoices paid outside terms

-12d

faster over the window

±5d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 64% of the 819 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 7d

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

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 48% 31–60 days 35% 61+ days 17%

The read · computed from their figures

The Works Stores Limited has filed 18 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2017). Their latest report puts the average at 43 days against stated terms of 7–90 days.

The direction is faster: from 55 to 43 days over the window — about 12 days faster.

In the latest period 30% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 17% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

We don't have standard payment terms for our suppliers. 31% of our stock suppliers are on 30 days from invoice or less, 16% 30 days end of month (""EOM""), 22% 60 days & 27% 60 days EOM. 4% are on 90 days. Largest stock suppliers are on 90 EOM. 25% of expense suppliers are on 14 days or less from invoice, 55% 14 - 30 days from invoice and 13% 30 days EOM. 1% 60 days & 1% 60 days EOM. 6% are DD (so within 30 days) Largest expense suppliers are on 90EOM

Dispute resolution

In reference to the question regarding disputes, we do not have the function to track invoices being disputed. Where a query arises with the supplier this would be queried through email and the invoice paid once settled. In terms of our reporting, this would show as a late payment should this length of time take us beyond the agreed terms.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	43	30%	17%	26 May 2026
H2 2025	39	21%	16%	2 Dec 2025
H1 2025	45	36%	24%	3 Jun 2025
H2 2024	48	56%	23%	4 Dec 2024
H1 2024	53	49%	33%	28 May 2024
H2 2023	55	44%	29%	27 Nov 2023
H1 2023	61	67%	22%	24 May 2023
H2 2022	59	68%	31%	28 Nov 2022
H1 2022	53	76%	30%	28 Nov 2022
H2 2021	50	73%	27%	18 Nov 2021
H1 2021	60	85%	41%	18 Aug 2021
H2 2020	60	93%	39%	25 Nov 2020
H1 2020	57	91%	39%	26 May 2020
H2 2019	52	90%	33%	27 Nov 2019
H1 2019	62	86%	35%	31 May 2019
H2 2018	66	90%	42%	29 Nov 2018
H1 2018	0	88%	46%	31 May 2018
H2 2017	57	85%	40%	30 Nov 2017

Working-capital effect

What a 43-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 43-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £17,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 43-day cycle — about £14,200 more than the same account would carry at 7-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 12 days faster over the window (55 → 43 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 43, 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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