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Shop Direct Home Shopping Limited

Registered as SHOP DIRECT HOME SHOPPING LIMITED. Company number 04663281. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 10 August 2026.

68days 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 Home Shopping Limited reported that it took an average of 68 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 18% of invoices within 30 days, 24% in 31 to 60 days and 58% after more than 60 days. It said 81% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 4% 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 65 days, so it is 3 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 70 Dec 2020 67 Jun 2021 67 Dec 2021 53 Jun 2022 73 Dec 2022 66 Jun 2023 59 Dec 2023 63 Jun 2024 59 Dec 2024 65 Jun 2025 53 Dec 2025 68 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 68 18%24%58%81% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 27 Feb 2026 53 33%25%42%85% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 31 Jul 2025 65 31%21%48%85% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 25 Feb 2025 59 30%19%51%86% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 12 Nov 2024 63 27%18%55%74% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 30 Apr 2024 59 26%27%47%74% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 2 Aug 2023 66 21%20%59%72% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 3 Feb 2023 73 12%17%71%88% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 2 Aug 2022 53 25%27%48%83% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 31 Jan 2022 67 22%14%64%84% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 4 Aug 2021 67 23%13%65%79% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 30 Jan 2021 70 19%11%70%76% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 11 Aug 2020 71 17%14%69%56% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 29 Jan 2020 68 18%17%65%28% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 30 Jul 2019 68 19%16%65%26% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 18 Feb 2019 69 17%15%68%23% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 23 Jul 2018 69 15%15%70%19% Report
Jul to Dec 2017 31 Jan 2018 70 14%20%66%20% 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.