Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Telegraph Media Group Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00451593 · Information & communication · 14 statutory reports on record · period to 29 Dec 2024

25days

their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period

Faster 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 29 Dec 2024 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: 31 Mar 1948
Registered office: 167-169 GREAT PORTLAND STREET, LONDON, W1W 5PF

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 7–60 days. Reported average: 25.

Stated terms7–60d

+18 days

Reported avg25d

At a glance

The key figures

7–60d

their stated terms

invoices paid outside terms

-9d

faster over the window

±6d

variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Faster than 66% of the 475 large companies reporting in information & communication.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 7d

H1 2022H2 2022H1 2023H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 94% 31–60 days 4% 61+ days 2%

The read · computed from their figures

Telegraph Media Group Limited has filed 14 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 25 days against stated terms of 7–60 days.

The direction is faster: from 34 to 25 days over the window — about 9 days faster.

In the latest period 2% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 2% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard payment terms for goods and services from suppliers are 60 days. However, contractual payment terms do vary between 0 and 60 days.

Dispute resolution

Payment disputes are initially dealt with via an email communication to [email protected] with the supplier detailing the issue. These will be dealt with by the Accounts Payable Team, led by the Accounts Payable Manager. If required the dispute will be escalated to The Head of Corporate and Transactional Finance and further to the Chief Finance Officer if necessary.

Other information

On 29th September 2024 the Hive Down of the trade and assets of Telegraph Media Group Limited to (a subsidiary) Telegraph Media Group Holdings Limited was completed. Future reporting will be completed by the subsidiary.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2024	25	2%	2%	27 Jan 2025
H1 2024	37	3%	2%	23 Jul 2024
H2 2023	37	43%	8%	29 Jan 2024
H1 2023	37	45%	10%	27 Jul 2023
H2 2022	37	41%	9%	31 Jan 2023
H1 2022	34	40%	9%	28 Jul 2022
H1 2022	34	49%	7%	1 Feb 2022
H1 2021	35	49%	9%	23 Jul 2021
H1 2021	40	54%	8%	27 Jan 2021
H1 2020	36	49%	9%	17 Nov 2020
H2 2019	40	51%	12%	31 Jan 2020
H1 2019	42	49%	8%	1 Aug 2019
H2 2018	35	64%	8%	31 Jan 2019
H1 2018	32	45%	6%	31 Jul 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 25-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 25-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £10,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 25-day cycle — about £7,100 more than the same account would carry at 7-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 9 days faster over the window (34 → 25 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 25, moving within about ±6 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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