Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Argus Media Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 01642534 · Information & communication · 18 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

19days

their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period

Slower than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

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

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 10 Jun 1982
Registered office: LACON HOUSE, LONDON, WC1X 8NL

1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Mar 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30 days. Reported average: 19.

Stated terms30d

-11 days

Reported avg19d

At a glance

The key figures

30d

their stated terms

53%

invoices paid outside terms

+3d

slower over the window

±6d

variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Faster than 83% of the 475 large companies reporting in information & communication.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d

H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 92% 31–60 days 2% 61+ days 6%

The read · computed from their figures

Argus Media Limited has filed 18 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2017). Their latest report puts the average at 19 days against stated terms of 30 days.

The direction is slower: from 16 to 19 days over the window — about 3 days slower.

In the latest period 53% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 6% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

With regards to qualifying contracts, Argus Media Limited does not dictate Standard Payment terms, and works closely with suppliers to ensure that all suppliers are paid as close to time as possible according to their individual supplier payment terms.

Dispute resolution

Disputes can be resolved by contacting the Argus Media Limited Accounts Payable team who investigate and resolve issues on a case by case basis.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	19	53%	6%	27 Jul 2026
H2 2025	8	52%	1%	30 Jan 2026
H1 2025	8	55%	1%	28 Jul 2025
H2 2024	10	52%	2%	7 Feb 2025
H1 2024	26	41%	6%	5 Aug 2024
H2 2023	16	50%	4%	10 Apr 2024
H1 2023	21	55%	5%	27 Sept 2023
H2 2022	13	32%	3%	30 Jan 2023
H1 2022	11	32%	1%	26 Jan 2023
H2 2021	15	65%	1%	9 Mar 2022
H1 2021	15	48%	2%	27 Aug 2021
H2 2020	9	45%	2%	17 May 2021
H1 2020	8	13%	2%	18 Nov 2020
H2 2019	14	23%	3%	5 Feb 2020
H1 2019	13	40%	3%	28 Aug 2019
H2 2018	20	39%	3%	11 Jan 2019
H1 2018	19	20%	2%	13 Jul 2018
H2 2017	20	26%	3%	13 Jul 2018

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 3 days slower over the window (16 → 19 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 19, moving within about ±6 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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