Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Groupm UK Digital Limited paid suppliers in 79 days on average — 19 days past its stated terms

CRN 01891739 · Information & communication · 5 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Dec 2020

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 31 Dec 2020 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

79daysavg time to pay · H2 2020

Their H2 2020 filing put the average 19 days past the 60-day term they state.

Their stated terms: 25–60 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 7% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 15%
Reporting period: 1 Jul 2020 – 31 Dec 2020
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 17 Mar 2021

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

Terms vs reality · their H2 2020 filing

Paid 19 days past their stated terms

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–90

avg 79d

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reported avg 79 days their filed terms 25–60 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 10% 31–60 days 75% 61+ days 15%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #43123, period 1 Jul 2020 – 31 Dec 2020, filed 17 Mar 2021 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Groupm UK Digital Limited paid 19 days past its own stated terms. 7% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 15% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H2 2020 filing.

The pattern · last 5 of 5 reports

62 → 79 days — slower across the window

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 5 of 5 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

17 days slower across the window. From 62 days in H1 2018 to 79 in the H2 2020 filing; the dashed line marks the 25-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Groupm UK Digital Limited's H2 2020 filing put their average at 79 days against stated terms of 25–60 days; 7% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 15% took 61 days or longer. Filed 17 Mar 2021.

The direction is slower: from 62 days in H1 2018 to 79 now — 17 days slower across their last 5 reports.

That is 5 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

We pay our media vendors in line with industry standards, dependant on media type, which are between 25 and 60 days from receipt of a valid invoice following the end of the month of media activity. Where appropriate, vendors are required to also provide supporting documentation confirming media activity has run.

Dispute resolution

We have a defined dispute resolution process to ensure that all supplier invoices are processed as efficiently as possible. Suppliers are provided with details of the issues that may affect the processing of their invoices and assistance by providing guidance on what is to be provided on their invoices to ensure payment can be made in a timely manner. Our AP helpdesk offers suppliers support through to query resolution and can be contacted via a dedicated e-mail address or phone number. All invoices that are in query are logged and if unresolved at the time of supplier payment, details of the reasons for payment delay are communicated to the relevant suppliers.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2020	79	7%	15%	17 Mar 2021
H2 2019	103	61%	62%	2 Mar 2020
H1 2019	111	71%	70%	2 Aug 2019
H2 2018	63	57%	45%	1 Feb 2019
H1 2018	62	40%	27%	2 Aug 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active - Proposal to Strike off
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 4 Mar 1985
Registered office: SEA CONTAINERS, LONDON, SE1 9GL

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Mar 2026 — overdue

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 79-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 79-day vs a 25-day payment cycle.

≈ £31,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 79-day cycle — about £21,300 more than the same account would carry at 25-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 · Groupm UK Digital Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 17 days slower over the window (62 → 79 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report put the average at day 79; across their last 5 reports it ranged 62–111 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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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.

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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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