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BBC Studios Distribution Limited pays suppliers in 20 days on average — 13 days past its stated terms

CRN 01420028 · Information & communication · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2026

20daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 13 days past the 7-day term they state.

Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
7 days
Paid outside agreed terms
14% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
1%
Reporting period
1 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 21 Apr 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid 13 days past their stated terms

The pattern · last 6 of 16 reports

Holding steady around 20 days

The read · computed from their figures

BBC Studios Distribution Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 20 days against stated terms of 7 days; 14% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 1% took 61 days or longer. Filed 21 Apr 2026.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±1 days period to period.

On the latest reported averages: Faster than 81% of the 476 large companies reporting in information & communication.

That is 16 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

NM28 which equates to 28 days later in the month following the month in which the invoice is dated.

Dispute resolution

Vendors are directed (as communicated on our purchase orders and remittance statements) towards the AP helpdesk manned by TCS (BBC Studios' business process outsource provider with phone/online chat/email helpdesk options available) who will investigate any disputes or complaints raised by the vendor. If resolution of their dispute or complaint is not satisfactory there is a further escalation process which suppliers can email and this will be investigated and resolved by a member of the BBC Studios Finance team.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20262014%1%21 Apr 2026
H2 20252117%1%28 Oct 2025
H1 20251915%1%24 Apr 2025
H2 20242115%1%29 Oct 2024
H1 20242314%1%24 Apr 2024
H2 20232212%1%26 Oct 2023
H1 20232113%1%25 Apr 2023
H2 20221912%0%24 Oct 2022
H1 20222014%1%29 Apr 2022
H2 20212212%1%26 Oct 2021
H1 20211913%2%26 Apr 2021
H2 20202015%3%26 Oct 2020
H1 20201820%1%29 Apr 2020
H2 20192115%1%31 Oct 2019
H1 20191428%2%18 Apr 2019
H2 20182448%3%19 Oct 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
15 May 1979
Registered office
1 TELEVISION CENTRE, LONDON, W12 7FA
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Dec 2027

Open the full record at Companies House.

Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 20-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 20-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £8,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 20-day cycle — about £5,100 more than the same account would carry at 7-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 · BBC Studios Distribution Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average is steady — within about ±1 days period to period, around 20 days.
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 20, moving within about ±1 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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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?
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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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