Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk
Financial Times Limited(THE) pays suppliers in 22 days on average — inside its 90-day stated terms
Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 68 days inside their stated 90-day term.
- Their stated terms
- 90 days
- Paid outside agreed terms
- 0% of invoices
- Paid after 61+ days
- 3%
- Reporting period
- 1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
- Source
- their gov.uk filing, filed 28 Jul 2026
Self-reported figures from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.
Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing
Paid 68 days inside the 90-day term they state
Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices
The pattern · last 6 of 17 reports
19 → 22 days — slowing down
The read · computed from their figures
Financial Times Limited(THE)'s H1 2026 filing puts their average at 22 days against stated terms of 90 days; 0% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 3% took 61 days or longer. Filed 28 Jul 2026.
The direction is slower: from 19 days in H2 2023 to 22 now — 3 days slower across their last 6 reports.
On the latest reported averages: Faster than 75% of the 476 large companies reporting in information & communication.
That is 17 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.
What they tell their suppliers
In their own words · from the filing
Standard payment terms
The FT’s most common supplier payment terms are: • Net 30 – All vendors • Immediate – Vendors The maximum payment period that the FT has agreed to in January to June 2026 is 90 days. Payment terms depends largely on agreements with respective suppliers. Should the agreement be silent, the FT’s default payment term of 30 applies. There have been no changes to standard payment terms in the reporting period.
Dispute resolution
The FT business contact is responsible for confirming that the good / service delivered is of the required quality before payment is actioned. Invoice disputes are addressed with the suppliers directly by the FT business contact. Invoices under dispute can be processed within Oracle ebusiness suite and placed on hold. Approval and payment may take some time as dependent on the resolution of the dispute. Suppliers can contact the FT’s Global Accounts Payable team via its group mailbox [email protected]. An Accounts Payable Analyst would be available to answer supplier queries 22 x 5. The FT’s Global Accounts Payable team ensures that authorizers are regularly chased to approve invoices in their approval queues and any long outstanding invoices not approved within reasona
Every statutory report on record
Most recent first.
| Period | Avg days | Outside terms | 61+ days | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H1 2026 | 22 | 0% | 3% | 28 Jul 2026 |
| H2 2025 | 21 | 0% | 4% | 11 Feb 2026 |
| H1 2025 | 25 | 0% | 5% | 28 Aug 2025 |
| H2 2024 | 5 | 49% | 4% | 29 Jan 2025 |
| H1 2024 | 19 | 49% | 2% | 2 Aug 2024 |
| H2 2023 | 19 | 54% | 3% | 2 Feb 2024 |
| H1 2023 | 21 | 46% | 2% | 9 Aug 2023 |
| H2 2022 | 22 | 46% | 2% | 30 Jan 2023 |
| H1 2022 | 24 | 55% | 2% | 28 Jul 2022 |
| H2 2021 | 21 | 41% | 1% | 27 Jan 2022 |
| H1 2021 | 23 | 35% | 1% | 20 Jul 2021 |
| H2 2020 | 20 | 38% | 2% | 20 Jan 2021 |
| H1 2020 | 21 | 49% | 3% | 4 Aug 2020 |
| H2 2019 | 17 | 59% | 1% | 20 Jan 2020 |
| H1 2019 | 18 | 53% | 1% | 29 Jul 2019 |
| H2 2018 | 14 | 49% | 1% | 17 Jan 2019 |
| H1 2018 | 20 | 49% | 1% | 1 Aug 2018 |
On the public register · Companies House
Company record
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 26 Jan 1928
- Registered office
- BRACKEN HOUSE, LONDON, EC4M 9BT
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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.
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