Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk
How long does Evening Standard Limited take to pay its suppliers?
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
- 10 Dec 2008
- Registered office
- ALPHABETA, LONDON, EC2A 1AH
Terms vs reality
Stated terms: 30 days. Reported average: 27.
At a glance
The key figures
Vs peers · latest reported averages
The pattern
Holding steady
Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.
Where their supplier invoices land · latest period
The read · computed from their figures
Evening Standard Limited has filed 8 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 27 days against stated terms of 30 days.
The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±4 days period to period.
In the latest period 14% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 3% landed 61+ days out.
What they tell their suppliers
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 |
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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 6,185 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).
Report PL-06770098 · latest period to 3 Oct 2021
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