Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Mediabrands Limited pays suppliers in 61 days on average — 9 days past its stated terms

CRN 00773961 · Professional & technical services · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Dec 2025

61daysavg time to pay · H2 2025

Their H2 2025 filing puts the average 9 days past the 52-day term they state.

Well behindvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers

Their stated terms: 1–52 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 39% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 29%
Reporting period: 1 Jul 2025 – 31 Dec 2025
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 27 Jan 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H2 2025 filing

Paid 9 days past their stated terms

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–70

avg 61d

0 days70 days

reported avg 61 days their filed terms 1–52 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 44% 31–60 days 27% 61+ days 29%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #106758, period 1 Jul 2025 – 31 Dec 2025, filed 27 Jan 2026 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Mediabrands Limited pays 9 days past its own stated terms. 39% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 29% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H2 2025 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 16 reports

Holding steady around 61 days

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 16 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

Steady around 61 days. Their reported average has moved within about ±8 days period to period; the dashed line marks the 1-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Mediabrands Limited's H2 2025 filing puts their average at 61 days against stated terms of 1–52 days; 39% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 29% took 61 days or longer. Filed 27 Jan 2026.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±8 days period to period.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 91% of the 510 large companies reporting in professional & technical services.

That is 16 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard is based on vendor category, ranges from Payable Upon Receipt to Net 52.

Dispute resolution

This is handled on a case by case basis, starting with our accounts payable department with escalation to the CFO.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2025	61	39%	29%	27 Jan 2026
H1 2025	68	35%	28%	24 Jul 2025
H2 2024	52	31%	23%	22 Jan 2025
H1 2024	59	34%	27%	9 Jul 2024
H2 2023	78	35%	30%	22 Jan 2024
H1 2023	60	40%	32%	11 Jul 2023
H2 2022	65	34%	25%	18 Jan 2023
H1 2022	46	26%	20%	20 Jul 2022
H2 2021	62	32%	23%	21 Jan 2022
H1 2021	112	41%	34%	14 Jul 2021
H2 2020	100	33%	29%	15 Jan 2021
H1 2020	56	41%	25%	20 Jul 2020
H2 2019	53	36%	22%	24 Jan 2020
H1 2019	60	37%	21%	18 Jul 2019
H2 2018	60	38%	27%	17 Jan 2019
H1 2018	50	33%	26%	18 Jul 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 13 Sept 1963
Registered office: BANKSIDE 3, LONDON, SE1 0SW

1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 61-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 61-day vs a 1-day payment cycle.

≈ £24,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 61-day cycle — about £23,700 more than the same account would carry at 1-day terms.

Late Payment Act. The Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 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 · Mediabrands Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average is steady — within about ±8 days period to period, around 61 days.

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 61, moving within about ±8 days. 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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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