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How long does Warner/chappell Music Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00488466 · Other services · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2026

14days
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.

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On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
18 Nov 1950
Registered office
CANNON PLACE, 78, LONDON, EC4N 6AF
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Jun 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 1–90 days. Reported average: 14.

Stated terms1–90d
+13 days
Reported avg14d

At a glance

The key figures

1–90d
their stated terms
13%
invoices paid outside terms
±4d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 93% of the 118 large companies reporting in other services.

The pattern

Holding steady

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 1d
13
12
11
18
14
14
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 95% 31–60 days 2% 61+ days 3%

The read · computed from their figures

Warner/chappell Music Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 14 days against stated terms of 1–90 days.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±4 days period to period.

In the latest period 13% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 3% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Suppliers of goods and services are offered 30 day payment terms and their invoices included in a weekly payment run as they fall due. These terms do vary on occasion based on the individual agreements with suppliers. Standard terms for royalty payments are 60 days post the relevant exploitation period in order to allow for aggregation of sales data, receipt of payments to customers and calculation of royalties.

Dispute resolution

Payment disputes are initially reported to Accounts payable where a member of the team will investigate the dispute with the account relationship holder. When required the dispute will be escalated to the AP Manager & Financial Controller. Once resolved the supplier will be paid on accordance with its payment terms or if the invoice is past its due date then on the next payment run.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20261413%3%27 Apr 2026
H2 20251413%3%25 Oct 2025
H1 20251815%6%28 Apr 2025
H2 20241112%3%29 Oct 2024
H1 20241218%1%18 Apr 2024
H2 20231315%2%26 Oct 2023
H1 20231119%3%20 Apr 2023
H2 20221412%2%21 Oct 2022
H1 20221317%2%26 Apr 2022
H2 20211316%2%29 Oct 2021
H1 20211311%2%29 Apr 2021
H2 20201010%2%29 Oct 2020
H1 20201818%3%30 Apr 2020
H2 20191717%2%29 Oct 2019
H1 20191218%2%30 Apr 2019
H2 20181321%1%31 Oct 2018
H1 20181427%2%27 Apr 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 14-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 14-day vs a 1-day payment cycle.

≈ £5,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 14-day cycle — about £5,100 more than the same account would carry at 1-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 is steady — within about ±4 days period to period, around 14 days.
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 14, moving within about ±4 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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