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Dobbies Garden Centres Limited pays suppliers in 61 days on average — 1 day past its stated terms

CRN SC010975 · Wholesale & retail trade · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Aug 2026

61daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 1 day past the 60-day term they state.

Well behindvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
30–60 days
Paid outside agreed terms
37% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
59%
Reporting period
1 Mar 2026 – 31 Aug 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 1 Oct 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid 1 day past their stated terms

The pattern · last 6 of 17 reports

84 → 61 days — getting faster

The read · computed from their figures

Dobbies Garden Centres Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 61 days against stated terms of 30–60 days; 37% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 59% took 61 days or longer. Filed 1 Oct 2026.

The direction is faster: from 84 days in H1 2024 to 61 now — 23 days faster across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 90% 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

60 days from end of month in which invoice is raised

Dispute resolution

Suppliers should contact Dobbies Garden Centres Ltd on 0131 374 6748 or [email protected] or write to the Accounts Payable Department, Melville Nurseries, Lasswade, EH18 1AZ.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20266137%59%1 Oct 2026
H1 20266026%43%26 Mar 2026
H1 20255825%29%29 Sept 2025
H1 20258148%66%25 Mar 2025
H1 20247757%68%20 Sept 2024
H1 20248473%71%26 Mar 2024
H1 20238780%41%1 Oct 2023
H1 202312790%89%27 Mar 2023
H1 20229992%69%27 Sept 2022
H1 20229895%73%18 Apr 2022
H1 202111597%72%30 Sept 2021
H1 20219593%74%31 Mar 2021
H1 202010980%76%30 Sept 2020
H1 20208279%76%31 Mar 2020
H1 20197355%67%23 Sept 2019
H1 20198585%73%26 Mar 2019
H1 20186682%52%24 Sept 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
18 Feb 1920
Registered office
MELVILLE NURSERIES, MIDLOTHIAN, EH18 1AZ
26 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Nov 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 61-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 61-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £24,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 61-day cycle — about £12,200 more than the same account would carry at 30-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 · Dobbies Garden Centres Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 23 days faster over the window (84 → 61 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report puts the average at day 61; across their last 6 reports it ranged 58–84 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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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?
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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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