Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Mediacom UK Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 01199309 · Professional & technical services · 13 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2024

87days

their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period

Well behindvs 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 30 Jun 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 - Proposal to Strike off
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 6 Feb 1975
Registered office: 124 THEOBALDS ROAD, WC1X 8RX

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Dec 2024 — overdue

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 25–60 days. Reported average: 87.

Stated terms25–60d

+62 days

Reported avg87d

At a glance

The key figures

25–60d

their stated terms

51%

invoices paid outside terms

±9d

variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 98% of the 530 large companies reporting in professional & technical services.

The pattern

Holding steady

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 25d

H2 2021H1 2022H2 2022H1 2023H2 2023H1 2024

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 30% 31–60 days 19% 61+ days 51%

The read · computed from their figures

Mediacom UK Limited has filed 13 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 87 days against stated terms of 25–60 days.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±9 days period to period.

In the latest period 51% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 51% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

We pay our media vendors in line with industry standards, dependent on media type, which are between 25 and 60 days from receipt of a valid invoice following the end of the month of media activity. Where appropriate, vendors are required to also provide supporting documentation confirming media activity has run.

Dispute resolution

We have a defined dispute resolution process to ensure that all supplier invoices are processed as efficiently as possible. Suppliers are provided with details of the issues that may affect the processing of their invoices and assistance by providing guidance on what is to be provided on their invoices to ensure payment can be made in a timely manner. Our AP helpdesk offers suppliers support through to query resolution and can be contacted via a dedicated e-mail address or phone number. All invoices that are in query are logged and if unresolved at the time of supplier payment, details of the reasons for payment delay are communicated to the relevant suppliers.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2024	87	51%	51%	1 Aug 2024
H2 2023	82	35%	39%	31 Jan 2024
H1 2023	99	39%	49%	7 Aug 2023
H2 2022	92	27%	41%	8 Feb 2023
H1 2022	91	53%	40%	4 Aug 2022
H2 2021	86	40%	46%	3 Feb 2022
H1 2021	60	24%	25%	31 Aug 2021
H2 2020	53	29%	25%	4 Mar 2021
H1 2020	83	48%	51%	24 Feb 2021
H2 2019	75	39%	35%	12 Feb 2020
H1 2019	51	43%	34%	1 Aug 2019
H2 2018	52	39%	35%	1 Feb 2019
H1 2018	49	45%	31%	30 Jul 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 87-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 87-day vs a 25-day payment cycle.

≈ £34,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 87-day cycle — about £24,400 more than the same account would carry at 25-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 ±9 days period to period, around 87 days.

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 87, moving within about ±9 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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