Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Habitat Retail Limited paid suppliers in 50 days on average — 43 days past its stated terms

CRN 07445750 · Administrative & support services · 6 statutory reports on record · period to 6 Mar 2021

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 6 Mar 2021 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

50daysavg time to pay · H1 2021

Their H1 2021 filing put the average 43 days past the 7-day term they state.

Their stated terms: 7 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 22% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 30%
Reporting period: 8 Mar 2020 – 6 Mar 2021
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 18 Apr 2021

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2021 filing

Paid 43 days past their stated terms

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–55

avg 50d

0 days55 days

reported avg 50 days their filed terms 7 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 34% 31–60 days 36% 61+ days 30%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #43628, period 8 Mar 2020 – 6 Mar 2021, filed 18 Apr 2021 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Habitat Retail Limited paid 43 days past its own stated terms. 22% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 30% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2021 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 6 reports

53 → 50 days — faster across the window

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 6 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

3 days faster across the window. From 53 days in H2 2018 to 50 in the H1 2021 filing; the dashed line marks the 7-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Habitat Retail Limited's H1 2021 filing put their average at 50 days against stated terms of 7 days; 22% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 30% took 61 days or longer. Filed 18 Apr 2021.

The direction is faster: from 53 days in H2 2018 to 50 now — 3 days faster across their last 6 reports.

That is 6 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

75 Days from invoice date

Dispute resolution

Disputes are resolved by negotiation involving the relevant parties

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2021	50	22%	30%	18 Apr 2021
H2 2020	48	24%	23%	13 Oct 2020
H1 2020	55	29%	31%	6 Apr 2020
H2 2019	58	30%	32%	9 Oct 2019
H1 2019	57	31%	29%	9 Apr 2019
H2 2018	53	26%	24%	9 Oct 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 19 Nov 2010
Registered office: 33 CHARTERHOUSE STREET, LONDON, EC1M 6HA

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 6 Dec 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 50-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 50-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £19,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 50-day cycle — about £17,000 more than the same account would carry at 7-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 · Habitat Retail Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 3 days faster over the window (53 → 50 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report put the average at day 50; across their last 6 reports it ranged 48–58 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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