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Lidl Great Britain Limited

Registered as LIDL GREAT BRITAIN LIMITED. Company number 02816429. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 August 2026, filed 22 September 2026.

41days 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, Lidl Great Britain Limited reported that it took an average of 41 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 40% of invoices within 30 days, 52% in 31 to 60 days and 8% after more than 60 days. It said 1% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 27% 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 31 August 2025). It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses at a standard rate of 5%.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 48 Feb 2021 45 Aug 2021 45 Feb 2022 42 Aug 2022 41 Feb 2023 42 Aug 2023 43 Feb 2024 41 Aug 2024 41 Feb 2025 41 Aug 2025 42 Feb 2026 41 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 22 Sep 2026 41 40%52%8%1% Report
Sep 2025 to Feb 2026 31 Mar 2026 42 42%48%10%1% Report
Mar to Aug 2025 29 Sep 2025 41 39%53%8%1% Report
Sep 2024 to Feb 2025 31 Mar 2025 41 42%49%9%1% Report
Mar to Aug 2024 3 Oct 2024 41 40%54%7%1% Report
Sep 2023 to Feb 2024 27 Mar 2024 43 40%51%9%1% Report
Mar to Aug 2023 27 Sep 2023 42 41%50%9%2% Report
Sep 2022 to Feb 2023 31 Mar 2023 41 40%51%9%2% Report
Mar to Aug 2022 22 Sep 2022 42 38%52%10%3% Report
Sep 2021 to Feb 2022 30 Mar 2022 45 33%56%11%6% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 24 Sep 2021 45 30%57%13%8% Report
Sep 2020 to Feb 2021 31 Mar 2021 48 27%56%17%8% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 12 Oct 2020 47 25%58%17%6% Report
Sep 2019 to Feb 2020 31 Mar 2020 48 23%61%16%6% Report
Mar to Aug 2019 30 Sep 2019 47 24%62%14%6% Report
Sep 2018 to Feb 2019 2 Apr 2019 20 94%5%1%29% Report
Mar to Aug 2018 16 Oct 2018 13 89%7%4%39% 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.