Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk
Reuters News & Media Limited pays suppliers in 9 days on average — inside its 70-day stated terms
Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 61 days inside their stated 70-day term.
- Their stated terms
- 70 days
- Paid outside agreed terms
- 13% of invoices
- Paid after 61+ days
- 2%
- Reporting period
- 1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
- Source
- their gov.uk filing, filed 6 Aug 2026
Self-reported figures from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.
Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing
Paid 61 days inside the 70-day term they state
Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices
The pattern · last 6 of 16 reports
34 → 9 days — getting faster
The read · computed from their figures
Reuters News & Media Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 9 days against stated terms of 70 days; 13% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 2% took 61 days or longer. Filed 6 Aug 2026.
The direction is faster: from 34 days in H2 2023 to 9 now — 25 days faster across their last 6 reports.
On the latest reported averages: Faster than 97% of the 476 large companies reporting in information & communication.
That is 16 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2018) — 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
Standard Payment terms are 70 days as per Thomson Reuters Purchasing policy. Most common payment terms that set up with the vendors as 0, 30,45,50,70 days with the suppliers as per the contractual agreements during the reporting period. Average time taken to pay an invoice is 12 days.
Dispute resolution
There is a dedicated P2P Helpdesk team that the vendors can reach out to with regards to their queries related to invoice/payment status or any other Accounts Payable related queries. The queries can be submitted through a supplier portal link and the supplier be notified with an auto response containing the ticket number for tracking purposes. The queries are responded to within 24-48 hours time frame & resolution is provided as agreed with the supplier.
Every statutory report on record
Most recent first.
| Period | Avg days | Outside terms | 61+ days | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H1 2026 | 9 | 13% | 2% | 6 Aug 2026 |
| H2 2025 | 12 | 0% | 8% | 8 Jan 2026 |
| H1 2025 | 28 | 0% | 20% | 21 Jul 2025 |
| H2 2024 | 34 | 0% | 18% | 9 Jan 2025 |
| H1 2024 | 30 | 1% | 18% | 9 Jul 2024 |
| H2 2023 | 34 | 0% | 18% | 22 Jan 2024 |
| H1 2023 | 26 | 1% | 6% | 26 Jul 2023 |
| H2 2022 | 24 | 16% | 2% | 16 Jan 2023 |
| H1 2022 | 34 | 12% | 3% | 21 Jul 2022 |
| H2 2021 | 24 | 86% | 2% | 11 Jan 2022 |
| H1 2021 | 50 | 12% | 2% | 27 Jul 2021 |
| H2 2020 | 27 | 28% | 2% | 26 Jan 2021 |
| H1 2020 | 28 | 56% | 15% | 28 Jul 2020 |
| H2 2019 | 33 | 57% | 21% | 27 Jan 2020 |
| H1 2019 | 33 | 57% | 21% | 30 Jul 2019 |
| H2 2018 | 2 | 0% | 0% | 29 Jan 2019 |
On the public register · Companies House
Company record
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 24 May 1990
- Registered office
- FIVE CANADA SQUARE, LONDON, E14 5AQ
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