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How long does The Arsenal Football Club Public Limited Company take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00109244 · Arts & entertainment · 18 statutory reports on record · period to 31 May 2026

40days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Slower than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

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

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On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
26 Apr 1910
Registered office
HIGHBURY HOUSE, LONDON, N5 1BU
6 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 28 Feb 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 45 days. Reported average: 40.

Stated terms45d
-5 days
Reported avg40d

At a glance

The key figures

45d
their stated terms
12%
invoices paid outside terms
+10d
slower over the window
±5d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 86% of the 74 large companies reporting in arts & entertainment.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 45d
30
40
31
33
33
40
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 51% 31–60 days 37% 61+ days 12%

The read · computed from their figures

The Arsenal Football Club Public Limited Company has filed 18 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2017). Their latest report puts the average at 40 days against stated terms of 45 days.

The direction is slower: from 30 to 40 days over the window — about 10 days slower.

In the latest period 12% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 12% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

The Company’s standard payment terms are that invoices are paid at the end of the month following the month in whcih the invoices is dated. Significant contracts including those for player transfers and related transactions are subject to specific payment terms set out in and agreed in the applicable contract.

Dispute resolution

Any dispute about invoice payment that cannot be resolved with the company’s Accounts Payable team can be escalated initially to the Group Financial Controller and thereafter if still unresolved to the Group CFO. Any dispute that cannot be resolved with the Finance team may be referred to the Groups General Council.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20264012%12%30 Jun 2026
H2 20253316%10%30 Dec 2025
H1 20253318%7%30 Jun 2025
H2 20243123%5%20 Dec 2024
H1 20244013%11%28 Jun 2024
H2 20233021%6%29 Dec 2023
H1 20232514%7%21 Jul 2023
H2 20223017%4%8 Dec 2022
H1 20224412%13%19 Jun 2022
H2 20214115%9%23 Dec 2021
H1 20214013%14%24 Jun 2021
H2 20203416%9%22 Dec 2020
H1 20203616%7%25 Jun 2020
H2 20193915%10%30 Dec 2019
H1 20193419%7%21 Jun 2019
H2 20183315%4%21 Dec 2018
H1 20183414%6%29 Jun 2018
H2 20173521%5%21 Dec 2017

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 10 days slower over the window (30 → 40 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 40, 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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