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How long does Virgin Media Business Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 01785381 · Administrative & support services · 15 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

22days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

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

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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
1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30–60 days. Reported average: 22.

Stated terms30–60d
-8 days
Reported avg22d

At a glance

The key figures

30–60d
their stated terms
6%
invoices paid outside terms
-3d
faster over the window
±1d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 66% of the 608 large companies reporting in administrative & support services.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d
25
23
21
21
21
22
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 87% 31–60 days 10% 61+ days 3%

The read · computed from their figures

Virgin Media Business Limited has filed 15 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2019). Their latest report puts the average at 22 days against stated terms of 30–60 days.

The direction is faster: from 25 to 22 days over the window — about 3 days faster.

In the latest period 6% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 3% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Payment code: Prompt Payment Code

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.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2026226%3%30 Jul 2026
H2 2025215%2%29 Jan 2026
H1 2025214%2%29 Jul 2025
H2 2024216%4%29 Jan 2025
H1 2024236%3%25 Jul 2024
H2 20232510%2%30 Jan 2024
H1 2023246%3%28 Jul 2023
H2 2022239%3%27 Jan 2023
H1 20222711%4%29 Jul 2022
H2 20212712%3%28 Jan 2022
H1 20213012%7%23 Jul 2021
H2 20202915%6%28 Jan 2021
H1 20203223%10%31 Jul 2020
H2 20193419%10%4 Feb 2020
H1 20193625%10%29 Jul 2019

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 3 days faster over the window (25 → 22 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 22, 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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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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