Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Relx (UK) Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 02746621 · Professional & technical services · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

37days

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.

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 11 Sept 1992
Registered office: 1-3 STRAND, WC2N 5JR

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 45 days. Reported average: 37.

Stated terms45d

-8 days

Reported avg37d

At a glance

The key figures

45d

their stated terms

invoices paid outside terms

+22d

slower over the window

±11d

variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 64% of the 530 large companies reporting in professional & technical services.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 45d

H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 67% 31–60 days 19% 61+ days 14%

The read · computed from their figures

Relx (UK) Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 37 days against stated terms of 45 days.

The direction is slower: from 15 to 37 days over the window — about 22 days slower.

In the latest period 8% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 14% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Payment code: Prompt Payment Code

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

RELX (UK) Ltd's standard payment terms are 45 days from invoice date for contracts relating to the LexisNexis business. For corporate costs, no standard payment terms are in place, and payment terms are driven by supplier payment terms. There have been no changes to these standard payment terms in the period. The maximum contractual payment period was 90 days.

Dispute resolution

Payment disputes are initially addressed by either the employee who has the relationship with the supplier (for corporate costs) or by accounts payable (LexisNexis). Matters are escalated to senior management as required.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	37	8%	14%	29 Jul 2026
H2 2025	29	23%	13%	30 Jan 2026
H1 2025	22	9%	4%	30 Jul 2025
H2 2024	16	6%	4%	28 Jan 2025
H1 2024	15	5%	1%	23 Jul 2024
H2 2023	15	3%	1%	26 Jan 2024
H1 2023	18	5%	1%	24 Jul 2023
H2 2022	17	5%	2%	28 Jan 2023
H1 2022	21	5%	3%	25 Jul 2022
H2 2021	25	8%	4%	28 Jan 2022
H1 2021	32	19%	3%	27 Jul 2021
H2 2020	33	21%	5%	28 Jan 2021
H1 2020	39	22%	10%	29 Jul 2020
H2 2019	57	24%	14%	30 Jan 2020
H1 2019	40	41%	8%	30 Jul 2019
H2 2018	30	49%	5%	29 Jan 2019
H1 2018	27	69%	6%	26 Jul 2018

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 22 days slower over the window (15 → 37 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 37, moving within about ±11 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.

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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