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Shop Direct Finance Company Limited

Registered as SHOP DIRECT FINANCE COMPANY LIMITED. Company number 04660974. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 10 August 2026.

73days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 January 2026 to 30 June 2026, Shop Direct Finance Company Limited reported that it took an average of 73 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 5% of invoices within 30 days, 28% in 31 to 60 days and 67% after more than 60 days. It said 98% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 3% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 30 June 2025, the average was 60 days, so it is 13 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 52 Dec 2020 69 Jun 2021 61 Dec 2021 63 Jun 2022 62 Dec 2022 62 Jun 2023 69 Dec 2023 64 Jun 2024 64 Dec 2024 60 Jun 2025 59 Dec 2025 73 Jun 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
Jan to Jun 2026 10 Aug 2026 73 5%28%67%98% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 27 Feb 2026 59 15%36%49%100% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 31 Jul 2025 60 0%43%57%100% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 25 Feb 2025 64 12%37%51%100% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 12 Nov 2024 64 14%36%50%99% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 30 Apr 2024 69 15%27%58%83% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 2 Aug 2023 62 22%28%50%64% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 3 Feb 2023 62 15%30%55%93% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 2 Aug 2022 63 18%26%56%96% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 31 Jan 2022 61 24%27%49%90% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 4 Aug 2021 69 25%24%51%84% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 30 Jan 2021 52 28%30%42%87% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 11 Aug 2020 58 23%40%37%65% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 29 Jan 2020 51 29%30%41%40% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 30 Jul 2019 53 35%17%48%37% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 18 Feb 2019 66 27%18%55%41% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 23 Jul 2018 75 20%18%62%25% Report
Jul to Dec 2017 31 Jan 2018 53 49%13%38%19% 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.