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French Connection UK Limited

Registered as FRENCH CONNECTION UK LIMITED. Company number 01222335. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 July 2026, filed 3 August 2026.

47days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 February 2026 to 30 July 2026, French Connection UK Limited reported that it took an average of 47 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 42% of invoices within 30 days, 32% in 31 to 60 days and 26% after more than 60 days. It said 34% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 19% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 31 July 2025, the average was 48 days, so it is 1 day faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 43 Jan 2021 29 Jul 2021 42 Jan 2022 40 Jul 2022 47 Jan 2023 44 Jul 2023 42 Jan 2024 44 Jul 2024 49 Jan 2025 48 Jul 2025 41 Jan 2026 47 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 3 Aug 2026 47 42%32%26%34% Report
Aug 2025 to Jan 2026 2 Feb 2026 41 44%37%19%39% Report
Feb to Jul 2025 30 Aug 2025 48 32%43%25%39% Report
Aug 2024 to Jan 2025 6 Feb 2025 49 29%45%26%37% Report
Feb to Jul 2024 10 Sep 2024 44 30%51%19%33% Report
Aug 2023 to Jan 2024 10 Apr 2024 42 34%43%23%30% Report
Feb to Jul 2023 31 Aug 2023 44 33%42%25%32% Report
Aug 2022 to Jan 2023 31 Aug 2023 47 35%36%28%35% Report
Feb to Jul 2022 5 Jan 2023 40 45%44%11%36% Report
Aug 2021 to Jan 2022 5 Jan 2023 42 36%49%15%47% Report
Feb to Jul 2021 5 Jan 2023 29 61%26%14%62% Report
Aug 2020 to Jan 2021 23 Feb 2021 43 46%38%16%67% Report
Feb to Jul 2020 20 Aug 2020 49 40%31%29%75% Report
Aug 2019 to Jan 2020 12 Feb 2020 35 50%41%9%57% Report
Feb to Jul 2019 14 Aug 2019 38 45%44%11%56% Report
Aug 2018 to Jan 2019 25 Feb 2019 35 48%43%9%53% Report
Feb to Jul 2018 29 Aug 2018 37 58%28%14%56% 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.