Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Columbia Pictures Corporation Limited pays suppliers in 132 days on average — 87 days past its stated terms

CRN 00242372 · Information & communication · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2026

132daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 87 days past the 45-day term they state.

Well behindvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers

Their stated terms: 30–45 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 4% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 10%
Reporting period: 1 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 24 Apr 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid 87 days past their stated terms

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–145

avg 132d

0 days145 days

reported avg 132 days their filed terms 30–45 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 80% 31–60 days 10% 61+ days 10%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #110812, period 1 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2026, filed 24 Apr 2026 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Columbia Pictures Corporation Limited pays 87 days past its own stated terms. 4% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 10% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2026 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 16 reports

10 → 132 days — slowing down

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 16 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

122 days slower across the window. From 10 days in H2 2023 to 132 in the H1 2026 filing; the dashed line marks the 30-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Columbia Pictures Corporation Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 132 days against stated terms of 30–45 days; 4% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 10% took 61 days or longer. Filed 24 Apr 2026.

The direction is slower: from 10 days in H2 2023 to 132 now — 122 days slower across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 99% of the 476 large companies reporting in information & communication.

That is 16 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Our most common agreed payment terms are 30 or 45 days from invoice date. Our standard terms allow for monthly invoicing unless otherwise agreed.

Dispute resolution

Disputes are generally resolved by negotiation involving the relevant business lead, procurement, and, if required, legal. If disputes cannot be resolved by negotiation, then our standard procurement terms specify the London Court of International Arbitration as the relevant forum.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	132	4%	10%	24 Apr 2026
H2 2025	23	24%	2%	30 Oct 2025
H1 2025	8	18%	2%	28 Apr 2025
H2 2024	11	15%	2%	21 Jan 2025
H1 2024	23	28%	4%	8 Apr 2024
H2 2023	10	21%	2%	18 Jan 2024
H1 2023	31	24%	4%	26 Apr 2023
H2 2022	109	26%	8%	31 Oct 2022
H1 2022	118	28%	15%	6 May 2022
H2 2021	110	30%	10%	26 Oct 2021
H1 2021	125	19%	10%	18 May 2021
H2 2020	49	30%	9%	20 Oct 2020
H1 2020	45	31%	11%	30 Apr 2020
H2 2019	40	36%	9%	30 Oct 2019
H1 2019	45	27%	6%	30 Apr 2019
H2 2018	51	27%	7%	30 Oct 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 17 Sept 1929
Registered office: 12TH FLOOR, BRUNEL BUILDING, LONDON, W2 1DG

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 132-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 132-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £52,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 132-day cycle — about £40,200 more than the same account would carry at 30-day terms.

Late Payment Act. The Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 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 · Columbia Pictures Corporation Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 122 days slower over the window (10 → 132 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report puts the average at day 132; across their last 6 reports it ranged 8–132 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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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?

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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.

The 31-day comparison figure is the median across 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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