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How long does Victoria's Secret UK Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 07279467 · 5 statutory reports on record · period to 1 Aug 2020

45days
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.

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Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 1 Aug 2020 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 0–45 days. Reported average: 45.

Stated terms0–45d
+45 days
Reported avg45d

At a glance

The key figures

0–45d
their stated terms
27%
invoices paid outside terms
+3d
slower over the window
±2d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 77% of large companies reporting.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 5 statutory reports.

42
43
41
45
45
H1 2018H1 2019H1 2019H1 2020H1 2020

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 37% 31–60 days 45% 61+ days 18%

The read · computed from their figures

Victoria's Secret UK Limited has filed 5 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 45 days against stated terms of 0–45 days.

The direction is slower: from 42 to 45 days over the window — about 3 days slower.

In the latest period 27% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 18% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard contractual terms for goods and services is 45 calendar days. Real Estate Landlords are paid in advance of when rent is due or when the invoice is received. Other vendors are paid based on their contractual terms, between 0 and 45 calendar days. Victoria’s Secret UK Limited does not make payments before they are due (with the exception of real estate landlords). Payments are made once per week.

Dispute resolution

The main point of contact for settling disputes are Victoria’s Secret UK Limited associates who are directly responsible for procuring and working with the vendor. These associates will reach out to the vendor for any questions or disputes.

Other information

Robert James Harding and Daniel Francis Butters were appointed Joint Administrators of Victoria's Secret UK Limited on 5 June 2020. The affairs, business and property of the Company are managed by the Joint Administrators.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20204527%18%17 Aug 2020
H1 20204523%8%20 Feb 2020
H1 20194118%7%3 Sept 2019
H1 20194321%9%21 Feb 2019
H1 20184220%8%22 Aug 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 45-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 45-day vs a 0-day payment cycle.

≈ £17,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 45-day cycle — about £17,700 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 3 days slower over the window (42 → 45 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 45, moving within about ±2 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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