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How long does Game Retail Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 07837246 · Wholesale & retail trade · 8 statutory reports on record · period to 24 Apr 2021

35days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Around averagevs 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 24 Apr 2021 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
In Administration
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
7 Nov 2011
Registered office
C/O KR8 ADVISORY LIMITED THE LEXICON 10-12, MANCHESTER, M2 5NT
1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Apr 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 0–60 days. Reported average: 35.

Stated terms0–60d
+35 days
Reported avg35d

At a glance

The key figures

0–60d
their stated terms
18%
invoices paid outside terms
+5d
slower over the window
±2d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 57% of the 819 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

30
27
31
32
33
35
H1 2019H1 2019H1 2020H1 2020H2 2020H1 2021

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 50% 31–60 days 36% 61+ days 14%

The read · computed from their figures

Game Retail Limited has filed 8 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 35 days against stated terms of 0–60 days.

The direction is slower: from 30 to 35 days over the window — about 5 days slower.

In the latest period 18% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 14% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Goods for resale - 30 days Goods not for resale - 30 days Rent 1-7 days This is with the exception, that some suppliers are on extended terms (60 days)

Dispute resolution

GAME Retail Ltd values strong collaborative relationships across our supplier base, and we place high importance on ensuring queries are resolved in a timely manner. In the first instance vendors will raise a dispute with the Accounts Payable team. If the GAME/ supplier transactional teams are unable to resolve the query with the information provided it will then be escalated to the relevant Commercial contacts in both businesses for review.

Other information

Due to our inability to date track documents in to our business, we have had to use the supplier document date, as the basis for our statistics. This will go some way towards explaining the percentage of late payments. There are a large number of suppliers who are paid on a sell through basis, with payment terms of 7 days - leaving little time to turnaround queries, or issue payments when invoice submission is late. The data for this reporting period includes a number of weeks across the national lockdown where extended terms were negotiated with suppliers

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20213518%14%8 Jun 2021
H2 20203326%10%24 Nov 2020
H1 20203234%15%9 Jun 2020
H1 20203114%9%25 Feb 2020
H1 20192712%7%27 Aug 2019
H1 20193021%9%26 Feb 2019
H1 20183020%7%28 Aug 2018
H1 20183026%8%28 Feb 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 35-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 35-day vs a 0-day payment cycle.

≈ £14,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 35-day cycle — about £13,800 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 5 days slower over the window (30 → 35 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 35, 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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