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AO Retail Limited

Registered as AO RETAIL LIMITED. Company number 03914998. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 30 October 2026.

54days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 April 2026 to 30 September 2026, AO Retail Limited reported that it took an average of 54 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 4% of invoices within 30 days, 89% in 31 to 60 days and 7% after more than 60 days. It said 7% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 12% 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 55 days, so it is 1 day faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 52 Mar 2021 61 Sep 2021 57 Mar 2022 53 Sep 2022 37 Mar 2023 32 Sep 2023 55 Mar 2024 58 Sep 2024 55 Mar 2025 55 Sep 2025 56 Mar 2026 54 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
Apr to Sep 2026 30 Oct 2026 54 4%89%7%7% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 30 Apr 2026 56 3%81%16%4% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 29 Oct 2025 55 3%77%20%4% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 30 Apr 2025 55 6%77%17%7% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 28 Oct 2024 58 3%73%24%12% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 29 Apr 2024 55 2%78%20%21% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 20 Oct 2023 32 50%44%6%35% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 25 Apr 2023 37 35%61%4%35% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 27 Oct 2022 53 1%76%22%31% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 25 Apr 2022 57 3%65%32%24% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 26 Oct 2021 61 2%62%36%22% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 28 Apr 2021 52 7%77%16%8% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 28 Oct 2020 51 6%91%3%7% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 29 Apr 2020 51 3%88%9%9% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 30 Oct 2019 49 3%88%9%12% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 30 Apr 2019 51 3%89%8%7% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 30 Oct 2018 48 5%88%7%18% 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.