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Haberdashers' Aske's Federation Trust

Registered as HABERDASHERS' ASKE'S FEDERATION TRUST. Company number 02535091. 16 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 August 2026, filed 2 October 2026.

32days 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, Haberdashers' Aske's Federation Trust reported that it took an average of 32 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 67% of invoices within 30 days, 21% in 31 to 60 days and 12% after more than 60 days. It said 25% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 47% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 31 August 2025, the average was 36 days, so it is 4 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 69 Aug 2020 54 Feb 2021 56 Aug 2021 62 Feb 2022 42 Feb 2023 25 Aug 2023 31 Feb 2024 35 Aug 2024 38 Feb 2025 36 Aug 2025 37 Feb 2026 32 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 2 Oct 2026 32 67%21%12%25% Report
Sep 2025 to Feb 2026 20 Mar 2026 37 65%19%16%24% Report
Mar to Aug 2025 1 Oct 2025 36 61%25%14%39% Report
Sep 2024 to Feb 2025 25 Apr 2025 38 65%19%16%34% Report
Mar to Aug 2024 2 Apr 2025 35 61%25%14%39% Report
Sep 2023 to Feb 2024 8 Mar 2024 31 69%20%11%31% Report
Mar to Aug 2023 9 Oct 2023 25 75%19%6%25% Report
Sep 2022 to Feb 2023 17 Mar 2023 42 55%23%22%45% Report
Sep 2021 to Feb 2022 4 Mar 2022 62 18%52%30%82% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 1 Mar 2022 56 24%52%24%76% Report
Sep 2020 to Feb 2021 1 Mar 2022 54 36%44%20%64% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 16 Nov 2020 69 69%30%1%31% Report
Sep 2019 to Feb 2020 18 Mar 2020 22 79%20%1%21% Report
Mar to Aug 2019 29 Nov 2019 19 87%11%2%13% Report
Sep 2018 to Feb 2019 5 Jul 2019 25 71%17%12%29% Report
Sep 2017 to Feb 2018 29 Mar 2018 50 46%33%21%54% 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.