Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Limited paid suppliers in 188 days on average — 98 days past its stated terms

CRN 01633880 · 3 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Nov 2020

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 30 Nov 2020 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

188daysavg time to pay · H2 2020

Their H2 2020 filing put the average 98 days past the 90-day term they state.

Their stated terms: 90 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 71% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 52%
Reporting period: 1 Jun 2020 – 30 Nov 2020
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 26 Jan 2021

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

Terms vs reality · their H2 2020 filing

Paid 98 days past their stated terms

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–205

avg 188d

0 days205 days

reported avg 188 days their filed terms 0–90 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 48% 31–60 days 0% 61+ days 52%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #39912, period 1 Jun 2020 – 30 Nov 2020, filed 26 Jan 2021 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Limited paid 98 days past its own stated terms. 71% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 52% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H2 2020 filing.

The pattern · last 3 of 3 reports

35 → 188 days — slower across the window

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 3 of 3 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

153 days slower across the window. From 35 days in H2 2019 to 188 in the H2 2020 filing; the dashed line marks the 90-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Limited's H2 2020 filing put their average at 188 days against stated terms of 90 days; 71% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 52% took 61 days or longer. Filed 26 Jan 2021.

The direction is slower: from 35 days in H2 2019 to 188 now — 153 days slower across their last 3 reports.

That is 3 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2019) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

The standard payment terms are 30 from date of supplier invoice. The standard payment terms for Sole Traders, Utilities, Equipment Rentals, Events & Production are 30 days.

Dispute resolution

Contact Fox Accounts Payable - [email protected]. We attempt to respond to enquiries within 3 regular business days.

Other information

In December 2017, Twenty-First Century Fox Inc entered into a merger agreement with The Walt Disney Company. This undertaking was approved by the shareholders of both entities and completed on March 20th, 2019. Disney and Fox are currently working together to develop updated structures and business approaches.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2020	188	71%	52%	26 Jan 2021
H1 2020	42	45%	22%	26 Jan 2021
H2 2019	35	52%	15%	26 Jan 2021

Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 188-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 188-day vs a 90-day payment cycle.

≈ £74,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 188-day cycle — about £38,600 more than the same account would carry at 90-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 · Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 153 days slower over the window (35 → 188 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report put the average at day 188; across their last 3 reports it ranged 35–188 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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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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