Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk
Warner/Chappell Production Music Limited pays suppliers in 16 days on average — within its stated 1–90 day terms
Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 15 days past the shortest term they state (1 days), still within their 90-day upper term.
- Their stated terms
- 1–90 days
- Paid outside agreed terms
- 17% of invoices
- Paid after 61+ days
- 5%
- Reporting period
- 1 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
- Source
- their gov.uk filing, filed 27 Apr 2026
Self-reported figures from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.
Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing
Paid within their stated range — 16 against 1–90 days
Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices
The pattern · last 6 of 16 reports
13 → 16 days — slowing down
The read · computed from their figures
Warner/Chappell Production Music Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 16 days against stated terms of 1–90 days; 17% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 5% took 61 days or longer. Filed 27 Apr 2026.
The direction is slower: from 13 days in H2 2023 to 16 now — 3 days slower across their last 6 reports.
On the latest reported averages: Faster than 92% of the 115 large companies reporting in other services.
That is 16 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.
In their own words · from the filing
Standard payment terms
Suppliers of goods and services are offered 30 day payment terms and their invoices included in a weekly payment run as they fall due. These terms do vary on occasion based on the individual agreements with suppliers. Standard terms for royalty payments are 60 days post the relevant exploitation period in order to allow for aggregation of sales data, receipt of payments to customers and calculation of royalties.
Dispute resolution
Payment disputes are initially reported to Accounts payable where a member of the team will investigate the dispute with the account relationship holder. When required the dispute will be escalated to the AP Manager & Financial Controller. Once resolved the supplier will be paid on accordance with its payment terms or if the invoice is past its due date then on the next payment run.
Every statutory report on record
Most recent first.
| Period | Avg days | Outside terms | 61+ days | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H1 2026 | 16 | 17% | 5% | 27 Apr 2026 |
| H2 2025 | 11 | 17% | 2% | 25 Oct 2025 |
| H1 2025 | 12 | 13% | 2% | 28 Apr 2025 |
| H2 2024 | 10 | 9% | 2% | 29 Oct 2024 |
| H1 2024 | 11 | 8% | 1% | 18 Apr 2024 |
| H2 2023 | 13 | 10% | 3% | 26 Oct 2023 |
| H1 2023 | 5 | 3% | 1% | 20 Apr 2023 |
| H2 2022 | 11 | 8% | 1% | 21 Oct 2022 |
| H1 2022 | 10 | 8% | 1% | 26 Apr 2022 |
| H2 2021 | 13 | 10% | 3% | 29 Oct 2021 |
| H1 2021 | 10 | 5% | 0% | 29 Apr 2021 |
| H2 2020 | 6 | 10% | 1% | 29 Oct 2020 |
| H1 2020 | 17 | 8% | 1% | 30 Apr 2020 |
| H2 2019 | 12 | 9% | 2% | 29 Oct 2019 |
| H1 2019 | 6 | 4% | 2% | 30 Apr 2019 |
| H2 2018 | 7 | 8% | 0% | 31 Oct 2018 |
On the public register · Companies House
Company record
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1 Feb 2008
- Registered office
- CANNON PLACE, 78, LONDON, EC4N 6AF
Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic
What a 16-day cycle ties up
A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 16-day vs a 1-day payment cycle.
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.
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