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Next Retail Limited

Registered as NEXT RETAIL LIMITED. Company number 04521150. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 1 August 2026, filed 28 August 2026.

23days 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, Next Retail Limited reported that it took an average of 23 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 94% of invoices within 30 days, 5% in 31 to 60 days and 1% after more than 60 days. It said 16% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 72% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 26 July 2025, the average was 24 days, so it is 1 day faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 23 Jan 2021 21 Jul 2021 20 Jan 2022 23 Jul 2022 24 Jan 2023 23 Jul 2023 22 Jan 2024 22 Jul 2024 23 Jan 2025 24 Jul 2025 24 Jan 2026 23 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 28 Aug 2026 23 94%5%1%16% Report
Jul 2025 to Jan 2026 2 Mar 2026 24 95%4%1%14% Report
Jan to Jul 2025 27 Aug 2025 24 89%10%1%28% Report
Jul 2024 to Jan 2025 25 Feb 2025 23 86%13%1%36% Report
Jan to Jul 2024 23 Aug 2024 22 92%7%1%20% Report
Jul 2023 to Jan 2024 26 Feb 2024 22 91%8%1%21% Report
Jan to Jul 2023 25 Aug 2023 23 91%7%2%19% Report
Jul 2022 to Jan 2023 22 Feb 2023 24 90%8%2%17% Report
Jan to Jul 2022 30 Aug 2022 23 92%7%1%19% Report
Aug 2021 to Jan 2022 25 Feb 2022 20 89%10%1%24% Report
Jan to Jul 2021 20 Aug 2021 21 92%7%1%21% Report
Jul 2020 to Jan 2021 26 Feb 2021 23 85%15%1%34% Report
Jan to Jul 2020 24 Aug 2020 23 92%6%2%20% Report
Jul 2019 to Jan 2020 20 Feb 2020 22 93%6%1%20% Report
Jan to Jul 2019 14 Aug 2019 22 93%5%2%27% Report
Jul 2018 to Jan 2019 25 Feb 2019 21 92%6%2%35% Report
Jan to Jul 2018 24 Aug 2018 21 94%5%1%37% 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.