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How long does Reuters News & Media Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 02505735 · Information & communication · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

9days
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 May 1990
Registered office
FIVE CANADA SQUARE, LONDON, E14 5AQ
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 0–70 days. Reported average: 9.

Stated terms0–70d
+9 days
Reported avg9d

At a glance

The key figures

0–70d
their stated terms
13%
invoices paid outside terms
-25d
faster over the window
±13d
variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 98% of the 475 large companies reporting in information & communication.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

34
30
34
28
12
9
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 96% 31–60 days 2% 61+ days 2%

The read · computed from their figures

Reuters News & Media Limited has filed 16 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 9 days against stated terms of 0–70 days.

The direction is faster: from 34 to 9 days over the window — about 25 days faster.

In the latest period 13% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 2% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing

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.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2026913%2%6 Aug 2026
H2 2025120%8%8 Jan 2026
H1 2025280%20%21 Jul 2025
H2 2024340%18%9 Jan 2025
H1 2024301%18%9 Jul 2024
H2 2023340%18%22 Jan 2024
H1 2023261%6%26 Jul 2023
H2 20222416%2%16 Jan 2023
H1 20223412%3%21 Jul 2022
H2 20212486%2%11 Jan 2022
H1 20215012%2%27 Jul 2021
H2 20202728%2%26 Jan 2021
H1 20202856%15%28 Jul 2020
H2 20193357%21%27 Jan 2020
H1 20193357%21%30 Jul 2019
H2 201820%0%29 Jan 2019

Working-capital effect

What a 9-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 9-day vs a 0-day payment cycle.

≈ £3,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 9-day cycle — about £3,500 more than the same account would carry at 0-day terms.

Late Payment Act. The Late Payment of Commercial Debts Act 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

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 25 days faster over the window (34 → 9 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 9, moving within about ±13 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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