Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Ascential Group Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00435820 · Financial services · 1 statutory report on record · period to 31 Dec 2022

16days

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 31 Dec 2022 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: 27 May 1947
Registered office: 5 HOWICK PLACE, LONDON, SW1P 1WG

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30–60 days. Reported average: 16.

Stated terms30–60d

-14 days

Reported avg16d

At a glance

The key figures

30–60d

their stated terms

48%

invoices paid outside terms

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Faster than 74% of the 661 large companies reporting in financial services.

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 90% 31–60 days 9% 61+ days 1%

The read · computed from their figures

Ascential Group Limited has filed 1 statutory payment period (earliest H2 2022). Their latest report puts the average at 16 days against stated terms of 30–60 days.

In the latest period 48% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 1% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Ascential Group Limited standard payment terms are 30 days from invoice date. Maximum terms are 60 days. There have been no blanket changes to existing supplier payment terms during the reporting period.

Dispute resolution

The Purchase Order requests suppliers send invoices to a dedicated mailbox. When sent, the supplier receives an auto email advising Processing times\Processing requirement\AP contacts\3 Tier Escalation contact route if required. For incorrectly prepared invoices, suppliers are sent a rejection email within 48 hours of receipt advising the information required to resubmit for payment.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2022	16	48%	1%	31 Jan 2023

Quick answers

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 16. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new 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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