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Liberty Retail Limited

Registered as LIBERTY RETAIL LIMITED. Company number 00042342. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 July 2026, filed 12 August 2026.

42days on average to pay

  • Within 30 days
  • 31 to 60 days
  • Over 60 days

In the reporting period from 1 February 2026 to 31 July 2026, Liberty Retail Limited reported that it took an average of 42 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 64% of invoices within 30 days, 26% in 31 to 60 days and 10% after more than 60 days. It said 52% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 26% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 4 August 2025, the average was 47 days, so it is 5 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 37 Feb 2021 26 Aug 2021 30 Feb 2022 36 Aug 2022 29 Feb 2023 35 Aug 2023 34 Feb 2024 39 Aug 2024 47 Feb 2025 47 Aug 2025 45 Jan 2026 42 Jul 2026

Bars are labelled with the month the period ended. The dashed line marks 30 days.

Every report filed

PeriodFiledAverage daysWithin 30 days31 to 60Over 60Not within termsSource
Feb to Jul 2026 12 Aug 2026 42 64%26%10%52% Report
Aug 2025 to Jan 2026 2 Mar 2026 45 65%22%13%54% Report
Feb to Aug 2025 14 Aug 2025 47 59%25%16%55% Report
Aug 2024 to Feb 2025 21 Mar 2025 47 72%17%11%50% Report
Feb to Aug 2024 21 Aug 2024 39 64%19%17%37% Report
Aug 2023 to Feb 2024 15 Feb 2024 34 57%23%20%31% Report
Feb to Aug 2023 23 Aug 2023 35 53%30%17%69% Report
Aug 2022 to Feb 2023 8 Mar 2023 29 66%23%11%32% Report
Feb to Aug 2022 8 Mar 2023 36 62%19%19%5% Report
Aug 2021 to Feb 2022 8 Mar 2023 30 70%30%0%17% Report
Feb to Aug 2021 8 Mar 2023 26 81%12%7%7% Report
Aug 2020 to Feb 2021 8 Mar 2023 37 59%19%22%35% Report
Feb to Aug 2020 13 Jan 2021 54 43%33%23%29% Report
Aug 2019 to Feb 2020 13 Jan 2021 53 41%35%24%27% Report
Feb to Aug 2019 3 Sep 2019 53 42%33%25%29% Report
Aug 2018 to Feb 2019 5 Mar 2019 53 38%36%26%26% Report
Feb to Aug 2018 30 Aug 2018 58 33%31%36%40% Report

Source: the company's filings on Check payment practices. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are as filed. We do not change them.