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Poundland Limited

Registered as POUNDLAND LIMITED. Company number 02495645. 14 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 8 October 2026.

44days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 May 2026 to 30 September 2026, Poundland Limited reported that it took an average of 44 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 48% of invoices within 30 days, 39% in 31 to 60 days and 13% after more than 60 days. It said 8% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 23% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 30 September 2025, the average was 34 days, so it is 10 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 9 Mar 2019 8 Sep 2019 9 Mar 2020 12 Sep 2020 13 Mar 2021 34 Mar 2022 23 Mar 2024 32 Sep 2024 30 Mar 2025 34 Sep 2025 26 Apr 2026 44 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
May to Sep 2026 8 Oct 2026 44 48%39%13%8% Report
Oct 2025 to Apr 2026 13 Apr 2026 26 67%24%9%19% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 2 Oct 2025 34 60%27%13%32% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 15 Apr 2025 30 62%25%13%29% Report
Oct 2023 to Sep 2024 7 Oct 2024 32 60%26%14%30% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 1 May 2024 23 71%26%3%43% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 4 May 2022 34 57%26%17%28% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 27 Apr 2021 13 32%52%16%68% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 30 Oct 2020 12 30%54%16%81% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 31 Jul 2020 9 20%61%19%80% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 17 Oct 2019 8 23%59%18%78% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 26 Apr 2019 9 90%7%3%76% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 30 Oct 2018 26 62%33%4%52% Report
Oct 2017 to Apr 2018 30 Apr 2018 26 71%24%5%51% 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.