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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

WH Smith High Street Limited pays suppliers in 45 days on average — 44 days past its stated terms

CRN 06560339 · Wholesale & retail trade · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 28 Feb 2026

45daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 44 days past the 1-day term they state.

Slower than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
1 days
Paid outside agreed terms
9% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
9%
Reporting period
1 Sept 2025 – 28 Feb 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 30 Mar 2026

Self-reported figures from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid 44 days past their stated terms

The pattern · last 6 of 17 reports

Holding steady around 45 days

The read · computed from their figures

WH Smith High Street Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 45 days against stated terms of 1 days; 9% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 9% took 61 days or longer. Filed 30 Mar 2026.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±3 days period to period.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 70% of the 815 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

That is 17 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

The standard payment terms are 105 days weekly of receipt by TG Jones of a valid invoice or if later after the acceptance of the Goods or Services. However, TG Jones negotiates payment terms individually with suppliers and on a product specific basis. Any contractual package agreed by TG Jones and the supplier usually includes payment terms which are lower than the standard 105 days weekly terms. The TG Jones vendor buyer agreement allows for the offset of amounts owed by the supplier against invoices owed to the supplier. This is normal business practice and protects amounts that are owed to TG Jones. An invoice is deemed settled when it is fully offset by amounts owed to TG Jones.

Dispute resolution

The Business has an ongoing communication with Suppliers through both the Trading and the financial accounting teams. Payment disputes will be directed to the financial accounting teams for resolution in the first instance and will be escalated to the Trading teams where there is a contractual query.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2026459%9%30 Mar 2026
H1 20254517%14%30 Sept 2025
H1 20253919%14%27 Mar 2025
H1 20244421%17%24 Sept 2024
H1 20244629%16%28 Mar 2024
H1 20234631%15%19 Sept 2023
H1 20234126%13%27 Mar 2023
H1 20224431%17%13 Sept 2022
H1 20223625%15%14 Mar 2022
H1 20213722%14%11 Sept 2021
H1 20214425%18%15 Mar 2021
H1 20204026%16%11 Sept 2020
H1 20204225%16%14 Mar 2020
H1 20194020%16%12 Sept 2019
H1 20193320%13%13 Mar 2019
H1 20183820%17%20 Sept 2018
H1 20183122%14%29 Mar 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
9 Apr 2008
Registered office
GREENBRIDGE ROAD, SWINDON, SN3 3RX
5 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Aug 2026 — overdue

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 45-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 45-day vs a 1-day payment cycle.

≈ £17,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 45-day cycle — about £17,300 more than the same account would carry at 1-day terms.

Late Payment Act. The Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 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 · WH Smith High Street Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average is steady — within about ±3 days period to period, around 45 days.
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 45, moving within about ±3 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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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