Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk
Virgin Media Business Limited pays suppliers in 22 days on average — inside its shortest stated term
Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 8 days inside the shortest term they state (30 days).
- Their stated terms
- 30–60 days
- Paid outside agreed terms
- 6% of invoices
- Paid after 61+ days
- 3%
- Reporting period
- 1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
- Source
- their gov.uk filing, filed 30 Jul 2026
Self-reported figures from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.
Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing
Paid 8 days inside the 30-day term they state
Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices
The pattern · last 6 of 15 reports
25 → 22 days — getting faster
The read · computed from their figures
Virgin Media Business Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 22 days against stated terms of 30–60 days; 6% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 3% took 61 days or longer. Filed 30 Jul 2026.
The direction is faster: from 25 days in H2 2023 to 22 now — 3 days faster across their last 6 reports.
On the latest reported averages: Faster than 65% of the 593 large companies reporting in administrative & support services.
That is 15 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2019) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.
What they tell their suppliers
In their own words · from the filing
Standard payment terms
Payment terms are agreed with suppliers as part of contract negotiations. Our standard terms are between 30 and 60 days from the receipt of a valid invoice or the receipt of a valid application for payment. Longer payment terms do exists albeit by rare exception. On receipt of a valid invoice these invoices are included in a weekly payment run as they fall due. The values presented above represent transactions including those with Telefonica UK. If these transactions were excluded from the results, the value of invoices due but not paid within agreed terms would decrease by £13,400,000.
Dispute resolution
At Virgin Media Business Limited our aim is to resolve invoice queries or disputes in a timely manner and ensure payments are made at the earliest opportunity. If you have a query regarding the payment date or an invoice dispute then the best way to contact us is to raise a query on our Purchase to Pay (P2P) Query Tool https://vm-supplier.custhelp.com. The P2P Team will be able to resolve most queries and can liaise with our internal business contacts on your behalf. More complex disputes may need the business contacts to provide feedback directly. Upon resolution of any disputes or queries if the invoice has become due it will be settled on the next payment run.
Every statutory report on record
Most recent first.
| Period | Avg days | Outside terms | 61+ days | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H1 2026 | 22 | 6% | 3% | 30 Jul 2026 |
| H2 2025 | 21 | 5% | 2% | 29 Jan 2026 |
| H1 2025 | 21 | 4% | 2% | 29 Jul 2025 |
| H2 2024 | 21 | 6% | 4% | 29 Jan 2025 |
| H1 2024 | 23 | 6% | 3% | 25 Jul 2024 |
| H2 2023 | 25 | 10% | 2% | 30 Jan 2024 |
| H1 2023 | 24 | 6% | 3% | 28 Jul 2023 |
| H2 2022 | 23 | 9% | 3% | 27 Jan 2023 |
| H1 2022 | 27 | 11% | 4% | 29 Jul 2022 |
| H2 2021 | 27 | 12% | 3% | 28 Jan 2022 |
| H1 2021 | 30 | 12% | 7% | 23 Jul 2021 |
| H2 2020 | 29 | 15% | 6% | 28 Jan 2021 |
| H1 2020 | 32 | 23% | 10% | 31 Jul 2020 |
| H2 2019 | 34 | 19% | 10% | 4 Feb 2020 |
| H1 2019 | 36 | 25% | 10% | 29 Jul 2019 |
On the public register · Companies House
Company record
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 24 Jan 1984
- Registered office
- 500 BROOK DRIVE, READING, RG2 6UU
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