Poundstretcher Limited payment practices report
PennyFetch rating based on government data:
Mostly outside termsCompanies House no. 00553014
This rating is PennyFetch’s own assessment derived from data self-reported by Poundstretcher Limited to the UK government.
This company has short standard payment terms and pays invoices in 50 days on average. The “outside terms” percentage reflects how often invoices exceed those short terms, not slow payment in absolute terms.
Avg. days to pay
50
UK median: 32
Outside agreed terms
51%
UK average: 24%
Trend
Stable
11 reports filed
Payment terms
0 to 120 days
Standard terms
Invoice payment breakdown
How Poundstretcher Limited compares
Poundstretcher Limited takes an average of 50 days to pay its suppliers, which is 18 days slower than the UK median of 32 days across 9,336 reporting companies. 51% of their invoices fall outside the agreed payment terms, compared to a national average of 24%.
The “outside agreed terms” percentage measures how often the company pays after its own agreed payment terms, not against a fixed 30-day standard. A company with long payment terms can still be rated “Good payer” if it consistently meets those terms.
Payment history
| Period | Avg. days | % outside terms | % in 30d | % over 60d |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2025 to Sept 2025 | 50 | 51% | 28% | 38% |
| Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 | 42 | 41% | 35% | 21% |
| Apr 2024 to Sept 2024 | 20 | 29% | 80% | 3% |
| Oct 2021 to Apr 2022 | 38 | 38% | 90% | 5% |
| Apr 2021 to Oct 2021 | 39 | 7% | 79% | 1% |
| Oct 2020 to Apr 2021 | 38 | 32% | 67% | 13% |
| Apr 2020 to Oct 2020 | 52 | 46% | 46% | 20% |
| Oct 2019 to Apr 2020 | 69 | 96% | 9% | 57% |
| Apr 2019 to Sept 2019 | 65 | 93% | 12% | 48% |
| Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 | 48 | 89% | 17% | 28% |
| Apr 2018 to Sept 2018 | 50 | 82% | 18% | 33% |
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All payment statistics on this page are self-reported by Poundstretcher Limited to the UK Government Payment Practices Reporting service . The government publishes this data but does not independently verify the figures. Published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Most recent report filed: Nov 2025. The rating labels on this page (e.g. “Good payer”, “Often outside terms”) are PennyFetch’s own classifications based on the reported data. They are not government ratings. This page is for informational purposes and does not constitute legal or financial advice.
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