Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Johnston Publishing Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 01919088 · 1 statutory report on record · period to 30 Jun 2018

29days

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.

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 30 Jun 2018 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 45 days. Reported average: 29.

Stated terms45d

-16 days

Reported avg29d

At a glance

The key figures

45d

their stated terms

49%

invoices paid outside terms

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Faster than 58% of large companies reporting.

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

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

The read · computed from their figures

Johnston Publishing Limited has filed 1 statutory payment period (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 29 days against stated terms of 45 days.

In the latest period 49% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 10% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

There are formal contractual agreements in place with suppliers on payment terms which can vary widely and, as such, it is difficult to specify what are our “standard terms”. In most contractual negotiations, our opening position is that payment shall be made within 60 days of receipt of invoice. However, this opening position will generally be subject to negotiation and, in reality, payment terms can vary from invoices due on receipt of the invoice to sixty days from the end of the month in which the invoice is received. The business deals with a huge variety of suppliers, and the nature of both the supplier and of the goods/services they supply, will dictate what payment terms may be appropriate. If there is no formal contractual agreement in place our standard payment terms are 45

Dispute resolution

Standard Practice Invoices are processed on a purchases authorisation system (DB authorise) for the review and approval (or query) by the requisitioning manager(s). Should there be a query or dispute, an invoice is put on hold in the system and placed in query. The reason for the query or dispute is recorded in the comments section of the same approval system. The authoriser(s) contact the supplier to resolve the query or dispute. The invoice is kept on hold in DB authorise until the dispute is resolved. Once resolved, and the invoice is approved on the system, the invoice is released for payment. Invoices are sometimes approved in error and subsequently the authorisers would request the invoice be put on hold. Details of the invoice being put on hold are recorded in the notes s

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2018	29	49%	10%	27 Jul 2018

Quick answers

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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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