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How long does Express Newspapers take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00141748 · Information & communication · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

35days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Around averagevs 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 Unlimited Company
Incorporated
2 Oct 1915
Registered office
ONE CANADA SQUARE, LONDON, E14 5AP
1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered

Open the full record at Companies House.

Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30 days. Reported average: 35.

Stated terms30d
+5 days
Reported avg35d

At a glance

The key figures

30d
their stated terms
21%
invoices paid outside terms
±2d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 72% of the 475 large companies reporting in information & communication.

The pattern

Holding steady

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d
36
36
37
39
36
35
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 47% 31–60 days 43% 61+ days 10%

The read · computed from their figures

Express Newspapers has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 35 days against stated terms of 30 days.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±2 days period to period.

In the latest period 21% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 10% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

1% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

The price stated in the Order is inclusive of all costs and expenses including packing and transportation costs. No variation in the price of the Goods will be accepted for any reason whatsoever unless reasonable notice thereof has been given in writing by the Seller the Purchaser and an authorised officer of the Purchaser shall have accepted the price variation in writing. Where the Goods are subject to Value Added Tax or any other taxes the amount legally demandable is to be rendered as a separate item of account and if required by the Purchaser, the Seller shall produce bona fide evidence of the amount paid or to be paid by it in respect thereof. The Purchaser reserves the right to deduct from any monies due or becoming due to the Seller, any monies due from the Seller to the Pu

Dispute resolution

For contracts with suppliers, the appropriate business manager (and if appropriate senior manager) for each party will attempt to resolve the dispute (the Reach point of contact varies from contract to contract). Suppliers can also contact Reach’s dedicated accounts payable team ([email protected]). Such contacts would look to deal promptly with any disputes raised, in accordance with the terms of the contract, and involve other Reach managers as required.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20263521%10%21 Jul 2026
H2 20253621%13%28 Jan 2026
H1 20253924%13%29 Jul 2025
H2 20243721%12%29 Jan 2025
H1 20243621%11%24 Jul 2024
H2 20233619%8%29 Jan 2024
H1 20233627%6%20 Jul 2023
H2 20223931%7%27 Jan 2023
H1 20223529%6%25 Jul 2022
H2 20213632%8%26 Jan 2022
H1 20213527%5%21 Jul 2021
H2 20203828%10%18 Jan 2021
H1 20203521%5%20 Jul 2020
H2 20193628%8%23 Jan 2020
H1 20193326%6%1 Aug 2019
H2 20185813%36%31 Jan 2019
H1 20185711%41%30 Jul 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 35-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 35-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £14,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 35-day cycle — about £2,000 more than the same account would carry at 30-day terms.

Late Payment Act. The Late Payment of Commercial Debts Act lets a supplier charge statutory interest and fixed compensation on invoices paid past agreed terms. Work out what a late invoice is worth → Whether it applies depends on your contract — check with an adviser.

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average is steady — within about ±2 days period to period, around 35 days.
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 35, moving within about ±2 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
Can I see what this means for my invoices?
Run the live check — it re-reads their record and their live Companies House file, on the amount you invoice.

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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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