Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

GFK U.K. Limited pays suppliers in 84 days on average — 80 days past its stated terms

CRN 02512551 · Professional & technical services · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Dec 2025

84daysavg time to pay · H2 2025

Their H2 2025 filing puts the average 80 days past the 4-day term they state.

Well behindvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers

Their stated terms: 4 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 90% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 61%
Reporting period: 1 Jul 2025 – 31 Dec 2025
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 18 Mar 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H2 2025 filing

Paid 80 days past their stated terms

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–95

avg 84d

0 days95 days

reported avg 84 days their filed terms 4 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 12% 31–60 days 27% 61+ days 61%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #109852, period 1 Jul 2025 – 31 Dec 2025, filed 18 Mar 2026 · gov.uk payment-practices service

GFK U.K. Limited pays 80 days past its own stated terms. 90% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 61% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H2 2025 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 16 reports

41 → 84 days — slowing down

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 16 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

43 days slower across the window. From 41 days in H1 2023 to 84 in the H2 2025 filing; the dashed line marks the 4-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

GFK U.K. Limited's H2 2025 filing puts their average at 84 days against stated terms of 4 days; 90% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 61% took 61 days or longer. Filed 18 Mar 2026.

The direction is slower: from 41 days in H1 2023 to 84 now — 43 days slower across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 97% of the 510 large companies reporting in professional & technical services.

That is 16 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard payment terms for all suppliers are 90 days. Standard payment terms for consultants/contractors are 30 days.

Dispute resolution

All disputes are initially dealt with by Accounts Payable. Each supplier has an assigned representative who will contact the relevant team. Accounts Payable will work with Procurement and the business to resolve disputes and escalate as necessary. On resolution, the supplier will be paid in accordance with their payment terms or on the next available payment run if payment is already due.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2025	84	90%	61%	18 Mar 2026
H1 2025	58	92%	44%	26 Jan 2026
H2 2024	46	77%	28%	26 Jan 2026
H1 2024	78	87%	34%	30 Jul 2024
H2 2023	47	78%	23%	22 Jul 2024
H1 2023	41	82%	17%	22 Jul 2024
H2 2022	43	93%	14%	22 Jul 2024
H1 2022	40	86%	20%	22 Jul 2024
H2 2021	48	90%	19%	22 Jul 2024
H1 2021	41	93%	18%	22 Jul 2024
H2 2020	39	91%	17%	22 Jul 2024
H1 2020	44	91%	24%	22 Jul 2024
H2 2019	41	89%	24%	22 Jul 2024
H1 2019	43	88%	23%	22 Jul 2024
H2 2018	33	60%	6%	24 Jul 2019
H1 2018	30	34%	3%	7 Aug 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 18 Jun 1990
Registered office: 7TH FLOOR BLUE FIN BUILDING, LONDON, SE1 0SU

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 84-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 84-day vs a 4-day payment cycle.

≈ £33,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 84-day cycle — about £31,500 more than the same account would carry at 4-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 · GFK U.K. Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 43 days slower over the window (41 → 84 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report puts the average at day 84; across their last 6 reports it ranged 41–84 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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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?

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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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