Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Virgin Active Limited pays suppliers in 44 days on average — inside its 90-day stated terms

CRN 03448441 · Arts & entertainment · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

44daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 46 days inside their stated 90-day term.

Slower than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers

Their stated terms: 90 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 26% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 16%
Reporting period: 1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 30 Jul 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid 46 days inside the 90-day term they state

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–100

avg 44d

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reported avg 44 days their filed terms 0–90 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 55% 31–60 days 29% 61+ days 16%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #115267, period 1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026, filed 30 Jul 2026 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Virgin Active Limited pays 46 days inside its stated 90-day term. 26% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 16% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2026 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 17 reports

47 → 44 days — getting faster

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 17 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

3 days faster across the window. From 47 days in H2 2023 to 44 in the H1 2026 filing; the dashed line marks the 90-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Virgin Active Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 44 days against stated terms of 90 days; 26% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 16% took 61 days or longer. Filed 30 Jul 2026.

The direction is faster: from 47 days in H2 2023 to 44 now — 3 days faster across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 88% of the 73 large companies reporting in arts & entertainment.

That is 17 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

60 days

Dispute resolution

In the first instance, any disputes with regards to payments or orders should be raised with the individual, club, or manager that ordered the goods or services. If this does not lead to a satisfactory resolution, then please follow the below process including the initial correspondence. Initial disputes to the Accounts Payable Team ([email protected]). If not resolved in 10 Business Days, to the Senior Finance Manager ([email protected]). If not resolved in a further 5 Business Days, to the Group Head of Legal ([email protected]).

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	44	26%	16%	30 Jul 2026
H2 2025	46	35%	19%	28 Jan 2026
H1 2025	41	35%	15%	28 Jul 2025
H2 2024	43	30%	16%	28 Jan 2025
H1 2024	44	31%	16%	27 Aug 2024
H2 2023	47	34%	20%	23 Jan 2024
H1 2023	42	30%	16%	26 Jul 2023
H2 2022	46	30%	19%	31 Jan 2023
H1 2022	44	32%	23%	20 Jul 2022
H2 2021	45	36%	22%	31 Jan 2022
H1 2021	79	64%	43%	26 Jul 2021
H2 2020	54	43%	5%	28 Jan 2021
H1 2020	48	44%	22%	30 Jul 2020
H2 2019	37	34%	14%	30 Jan 2020
H1 2019	39	32%	14%	31 Jul 2019
H2 2018	32	18%	11%	21 Jan 2019
H1 2018	39	18%	12%	30 Jul 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 13 Oct 1997
Registered office: 26 LITTLE TRINITY LANE, LONDON, EC4V 2AR

4 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Quick answers · Virgin Active Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 3 days faster over the window (47 → 44 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report puts the average at day 44; across their last 6 reports it ranged 41–47 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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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.

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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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