Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Kantar Media UK Ltd take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00275304 · Professional & technical services · 11 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2023

41days

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.

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 30 Jun 2023 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 25 Apr 1933
Registered office: WESTGATE HANGER LANE, LONDON, W5 1UA

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

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 14–60 days. Reported average: 41.

Stated terms14–60d

+27 days

Reported avg41d

At a glance

The key figures

14–60d

their stated terms

54%

invoices paid outside terms

+3d

slower over the window

±5d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 72% of the 530 large companies reporting in professional & technical services.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 14d

H2 2020H1 2021H2 2021H1 2022H2 2022H1 2023

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 48% 31–60 days 27% 61+ days 25%

The read · computed from their figures

Kantar Media UK Ltd has filed 11 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 41 days against stated terms of 14–60 days.

The direction is slower: from 38 to 41 days over the window — about 3 days slower.

In the latest period 54% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 25% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Our standard terms are 60 days end of month from receipt of invoice.

Dispute resolution

We resolve our disputes with internal and external queries by using an automated Service Now Helpdesk which is self-service. At Kantar, vendors can email [email protected] with a query. If it relates to a previous invoice submitted they should note the FIN number received when they first submitted invoice as this will help deal with queries. SLAs on query responses are 2 working days from receipt. Within the automated response received when a query is submitted there is also an escalation process if the query is not resolved to a satisfactory standard.

Other information

Whilst our standard terms are 60 days end of month of receipt of invoice, for freelancers and small contractors, we have an exception process to set these up to pay between 14 and 30 days.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2023	41	54%	25%	31 Jul 2023
H2 2022	32	53%	11%	31 Jan 2023
H1 2022	41	74%	19%	1 Aug 2022
H2 2021	31	55%	9%	26 Jan 2022
H1 2021	42	61%	19%	26 Jul 2021
H2 2020	38	70%	17%	27 Jan 2021
H1 2020	33	59%	14%	31 Jul 2020
H2 2019	24	49%	6%	6 Jan 2020
H1 2019	25	48%	7%	8 Jul 2019
H2 2018	27	50%	14%	29 Jan 2019
H1 2018	34	71%	18%	27 Jul 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 41-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 41-day vs a 14-day payment cycle.

≈ £16,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 41-day cycle — about £10,600 more than the same account would carry at 14-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 has moved about 3 days slower over the window (38 → 41 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 41, 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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