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Matalan Retail Ltd.

Registered as MATALAN RETAIL LTD.. Company number 02103564. 14 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 August 2026, filed 30 September 2026.

75days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 March 2026 to 31 August 2026, Matalan Retail Ltd. reported that it took an average of 75 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 23% of invoices within 30 days, 23% in 31 to 60 days and 54% after more than 60 days. It said 16% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 3% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 22 August 2025, the average was 74 days, so it is 1 day slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 61 Aug 2019 60 Feb 2020 69 Feb 2022 66 Aug 2022 67 Feb 2023 61 Aug 2023 66 Feb 2024 66 Aug 2024 70 Feb 2025 74 Aug 2025 76 Feb 2026 75 Aug 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 Aug 2026 30 Sep 2026 75 23%23%54%16% Report
Aug 2025 to Feb 2026 30 Mar 2026 76 22%23%55%14% Report
Feb to Aug 2025 19 Sep 2025 74 23%23%54%12% Report
Aug 2024 to Feb 2025 24 Mar 2025 70 23%20%57%18% Report
Feb to Aug 2024 23 Sep 2024 66 23%24%54%15% Report
Aug 2023 to Feb 2024 28 Mar 2024 66 29%24%48%13% Report
Feb to Aug 2023 20 Sep 2023 61 27%27%46%13% Report
Aug 2022 to Feb 2023 28 Mar 2023 67 26%21%53%17% Report
Feb to Aug 2022 22 Nov 2022 66 25%19%56%14% Report
Aug 2021 to Feb 2022 22 Nov 2022 69 27%16%57%15% Report
Sep 2019 to Feb 2020 16 Jun 2020 60 22%3%75%10% Report
Feb to Aug 2019 10 Oct 2019 61 21%5%74%12% Report
Aug 2018 to Feb 2019 10 Oct 2019 62 19%7%74%13% Report
Feb to Aug 2018 13 Dec 2018 52 23%24%53%7% 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.