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Signet Trading Limited

Registered as SIGNET TRADING LIMITED. Company number 03768979. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 1 August 2026, filed 27 August 2026.

47days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 February 2026 to 1 August 2026, Signet Trading Limited reported that it took an average of 47 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 32% of invoices within 30 days, 54% in 31 to 60 days and 14% after more than 60 days. It said 7% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 19% 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 2 August 2025).

Average days to pay, report by report

30 52 Jan 2021 44 Jul 2021 30 Jan 2022 51 Jul 2022 47 Jan 2023 49 Jul 2023 48 Feb 2024 52 Aug 2024 48 Feb 2025 47 Aug 2025 43 Jan 2026 47 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
Feb to Aug 2026 27 Aug 2026 47 32%54%14%7% Report
Aug 2025 to Jan 2026 2 Mar 2026 43 41%44%15%13% Report
Feb to Aug 2025 1 Sep 2025 47 31%57%12%8% Report
Aug 2024 to Feb 2025 19 Feb 2025 48 37%45%18%19% Report
Feb to Aug 2024 2 Sep 2024 52 21%65%14%23% Report
Feb 2023 to Feb 2024 12 Feb 2024 48 39%47%14%18% Report
Feb to Jul 2023 14 Aug 2023 49 30%56%14%21% Report
Aug 2022 to Jan 2023 7 Feb 2023 47 31%52%17%20% Report
Feb to Jul 2022 23 Aug 2022 51 26%62%12%22% Report
Jan 2021 to Jan 2022 14 Feb 2022 30 28%62%10%19% Report
Feb to Jul 2021 19 Aug 2021 44 28%62%10%21% Report
Aug 2020 to Jan 2021 23 Feb 2021 52 25%58%18%41% Report
Feb to Aug 2020 28 Aug 2020 53 31%40%29%48% Report
Aug 2019 to Feb 2020 27 Feb 2020 39 46%48%6%12% Report
Feb to Aug 2019 2 Sep 2019 33 58%40%2%7% Report
Aug 2018 to Feb 2019 1 Mar 2019 31 61%36%2%6% Report
Feb to Aug 2018 31 Aug 2018 31 61%37%2%6% 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.