Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Guardian Media Group PLC take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00094531 · Information & communication · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2026

30days

their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period

Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

Self-reported figure from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Public Limited Company
Incorporated: 9 Aug 1907
Registered office: KINGS PLACE, LONDON, N1 9GU

1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30 days. Reported average: 30.

Stated terms30d

on terms

Reported avg30d

At a glance

The key figures

30d

their stated terms

11%

invoices paid outside terms

+3d

slower over the window

±5d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 53% of the 475 large companies reporting in information & communication.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d

H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 87% 31–60 days 9% 61+ days 4%

The read · computed from their figures

Guardian Media Group PLC has filed 16 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 30 days against stated terms of 30 days.

The direction is slower: from 27 to 30 days over the window — about 3 days slower.

In the latest period 11% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 4% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing 2% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

30 days from date of invoice for undisputed compliant invoices quoting a valid purchase order. Early settlement discount is only agreed on an exception basis

Dispute resolution

Any payment disputes would first need to be emailed to [email protected] with the supplier detailing the issue. If the AP team are not able to easily resolve the issue, this should be raised to the P2P Manager. Any complaints regarding payments or non-payments should be raised to the P2P manager directly for them to resolve. Any LBA letters should go directly to the P2P manager to resolve in an appropriate manner

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	30	11%	4%	30 Apr 2026
H2 2025	21	14%	6%	29 Oct 2025
H1 2025	21	11%	5%	11 Apr 2025
H2 2024	31	16%	7%	31 Oct 2024
H1 2024	33	21%	11%	18 Apr 2024
H2 2023	27	21%	9%	23 Oct 2023
H1 2023	28	31%	10%	31 May 2023
H2 2022	11	3%	1%	31 Oct 2022
H1 2022	12	3%	0%	12 Apr 2022
H2 2021	12	2%	1%	4 Oct 2021
H1 2021	13	6%	1%	20 Apr 2021
H2 2020	19	11%	1%	27 Oct 2020
H1 2020	17	37%	2%	29 Apr 2020
H2 2019	16	27%	1%	9 Oct 2019
H1 2019	19	39%	2%	1 May 2019
H2 2018	22	27%	4%	26 Nov 2018

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 3 days slower over the window (27 → 30 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 30, moving within about ±5 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

Can I see what this means for my invoices?

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How UK payment reporting works

What is a Payment Practices Report?

UK companies and LLPs above a size threshold — broadly, two of: turnover over £54m, balance sheet over £27m, or more than 250 employees — must report twice a year, under the Reporting on Payment Practices and Performance Regulations 2017, how quickly they actually pay suppliers: the average time to pay, the share of invoices paid in 30 days or fewer, 31 to 60 days and 61 days or longer, and their standard payment terms. Those thresholds apply to financial years beginning on or after 6 April 2025; for earlier financial years they were £36m and £18m, with the same 250-employee test.

What does "paid outside agreed terms" mean?

The share of invoices paid later than the terms in the supplier contract. If terms are 30 days and an invoice is paid on day 45, it counts as paid outside terms, regardless of the headline average.

How often is this data updated?

Each report covers a six-month period and must be filed within 30 days of that period ending, so a company's record refreshes roughly twice a year. PaidLate re-reads the register as new reports are filed.

Is this official government data?

The underlying payment figures come from the company's own statutory filings on the gov.uk payment-practices service; company-status data comes from Companies House. PaidLate calculates trends, comparisons and summaries from those records. It does not use surveys or credit-agency scores.

How this is compiled. Built from official records only: Companies House and the gov.uk payment-practices service. The payment figures are self-reported — companies over the size threshold must file them by law and the board signs them off. No credit-agency data. The numbers are theirs; the plain-English read is ours. This is information compiled from public records under the Open Government Licence v3.0 — not a credit rating and not advice.

The 31-day comparison figure is the median across 6,185 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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