Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Ascential Group Limited paid suppliers in 16 days on average — inside its shortest stated term

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

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.

16daysavg time to pay · H2 2022

Their H2 2022 filing put the average 14 days inside the shortest term they state (30 days).

Their stated terms: 30–60 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 48% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 1%
Reporting period: 1 Jul 2022 – 31 Dec 2022
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 31 Jan 2023

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

Terms vs reality · their H2 2022 filing

Paid 14 days inside the 30-day term they state

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–65

avg 16d

0 days65 days

reported avg 16 days their filed terms 30–60 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

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

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #68440, period 1 Jul 2022 – 31 Dec 2022, filed 31 Jan 2023 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Ascential Group Limited paid 14 days inside the shortest term it states. 48% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 1% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H2 2022 filing.

The read · computed from their figures

Ascential Group Limited's H2 2022 filing put their average at 16 days against stated terms of 30–60 days; 48% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 1% took 61 days or longer. Filed 31 Jan 2023.

That is one statutory period on record (earliest H2 2022) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

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

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 — overdue

Open the full record at Companies House.

Quick answers · Ascential Group Limited

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports averaged around day 16. 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.

Stay ahead

Watch Ascential Group Limited (free)

They haven’t filed a payment report since 31 Jan 2023. We watch their public record and email you when something changes — a new payment report, late filings, insolvency markers, new charges.

You’ll get a confirmation email first. Unsubscribe any time. How we handle your address.

More large companies in financial services

Arval UK Limited · Ashmore Group PLC · Arval UK Group Limited · Aspect Capital Limited · Arthur J. Gallagher Insurance Brokers Limited · Assura PLC

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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

Report PL-00435820 · latest period to 31 Dec 2022

Verify the original Companies House file

Built by YORXEN LTD · registered in England & Wales · CRN 17303256 · privacy · terms.