Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Evening Standard Limited paid suppliers in 27 days on average — inside its 30-day stated terms

CRN 06770098 · Information & communication · 8 statutory reports on record · period to 3 Oct 2021

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 3 Oct 2021 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

27daysavg time to pay · H2 2021

Their H2 2021 filing put the average 3 days inside their stated 30-day term.

Their stated terms: 30 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 14% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 3%
Reporting period: 29 Mar 2021 – 3 Oct 2021
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 2 Nov 2021

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

Terms vs reality · their H2 2021 filing

Paid 3 days inside the 30-day term they state

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–40

avg 27d

0 days40 days

reported avg 27 days their filed terms 30 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 82% 31–60 days 15% 61+ days 3%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #51509, period 29 Mar 2021 – 3 Oct 2021, filed 2 Nov 2021 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Evening Standard Limited paid 3 days inside its stated 30-day term. 14% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 3% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H2 2021 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 8 reports

Held steady around 27 days

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 8 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

Steady around 27 days. Their reported average has moved within about ±4 days period to period; the dashed line marks the 30-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Evening Standard Limited's H2 2021 filing put their average at 27 days against stated terms of 30 days; 14% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 3% took 61 days or longer. Filed 2 Nov 2021.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±4 days period to period.

That is 8 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 are 30 days. The company endeavours to pay contributors to its publications within two weeks of approval and publication.

Dispute resolution

All payment disputes or complaints are raised with the accounts payable team at [email protected] and this contact address is provided in the footer of all supplier remittances and in the email footers of the accounts payable team. The team aim to respond to queries within five working days ensuring the supplier is kept informed of their investigations at least weekly, and full resolution is achieved within four weeks. The escalation process for suppliers dissatisfied with the resolution is to first the Financial Controller and then to the Finance Director.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2021	27	14%	3%	2 Nov 2021
H1 2021	33	2%	5%	12 Apr 2021
H2 2020	29	3%	5%	12 Oct 2020
H1 2020	26	1%	4%	3 Apr 2020
H2 2019	26	1%	5%	1 Nov 2019
H1 2019	27	2%	4%	10 Apr 2019
H2 2018	23	2%	3%	30 Oct 2018
H1 2018	27	2%	5%	16 May 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 10 Dec 2008
Registered office: ALPHABETA, LONDON, EC2A 1AH

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2026 — overdue

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Quick answers · Evening Standard Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average was steady — within about ±4 days period to period, around 27 days.

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports averaged around day 27, moving within about ±4 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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