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B & M Retail Limited

Registered as B & M RETAIL LIMITED. Company number 01357507. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 26 September 2026, filed 27 October 2026.

35days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 29 March 2026 to 26 September 2026, B & M Retail Limited reported that it took an average of 35 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 62% of invoices within 30 days, 34% in 31 to 60 days and 4% after more than 60 days. It said 11% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 39% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. It is unchanged on the same period a year earlier (to 27 September 2025). It reported construction contracts in this period, with no retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 44 Mar 2021 46 Sep 2021 45 Mar 2022 38 Sep 2022 38 Mar 2023 35 Sep 2023 36 Mar 2024 35 Sep 2024 35 Mar 2025 35 Sep 2025 35 Mar 2026 35 Sep 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
Mar to Sep 2026 27 Oct 2026 35 62%34%4%11% Report
Sep 2025 to Mar 2026 27 Apr 2026 35 65%32%3%8% Report
Mar to Sep 2025 29 Oct 2025 35 63%34%3%11% Report
Sep 2024 to Mar 2025 24 Apr 2025 35 66%30%4%13% Report
Mar to Sep 2024 28 Oct 2024 35 62%34%4%11% Report
Sep 2023 to Mar 2024 30 Apr 2024 36 61%35%4%14% Report
Mar to Sep 2023 24 Oct 2023 35 52%39%9%36% Report
Sep 2022 to Mar 2023 24 Apr 2023 38 37%48%15%11% Report
Mar to Sep 2022 21 Oct 2022 38 25%61%14%9% Report
Sep 2021 to Mar 2022 22 Apr 2022 45 20%61%19%17% Report
Mar to Sep 2021 22 Oct 2021 46 18%61%21%16% Report
Sep 2020 to Mar 2021 29 Apr 2021 44 16%67%18%15% Report
Mar to Sep 2020 26 Oct 2020 44 17%63%20%15% Report
Sep 2019 to Mar 2020 29 Apr 2020 44 20%60%20%21% Report
Mar to Sep 2019 28 Oct 2019 42 21%63%16%29% Report
Sep 2018 to Mar 2019 30 Apr 2019 43 22%60%18%29% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 30 Oct 2018 43 22%59%19%20% 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.