Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Kantar Public UK Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 13663077 · Professional & technical services · 20 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Dec 2023

41days

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.

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 31 Dec 2023 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 5 Oct 2021
Registered office: 4 MILLBANK, LONDON, SW1P 3JA

3 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 7–60 days. Reported average: 41.

Stated terms7–60d

+34 days

Reported avg41d

At a glance

The key figures

7–60d

their stated terms

59%

invoices paid outside terms

+17d

slower over the window

±10d

variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 72% 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 7d

H1 2023H1 2023H1 2023H1 2023H2 2023H2 2023

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 47% 31–60 days 38% 61+ days 15%

The read · computed from their figures

Kantar Public UK Limited has filed 20 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2022). Their latest report puts the average at 41 days against stated terms of 7–60 days.

The direction is slower: from 24 to 41 days over the window — about 17 days slower.

In the latest period 59% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 15% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard 30 days net for project work with a sub-contractor 60 days net for some non-project operating costs

Dispute resolution

Incorrect invoices dealt with by AP, escalation to finance director True disputes over delivery of services sent to department lead and handled promptly with supplier

Other information

During this period (end of October) we went through our final separation with our old group company (exited trade services agreement) and set up a new ERP system and new offshore finance team. We have suffered quite severe issues both with the system and the new team in relation to accounts payable which has caused issues with processing of invoices in this time, and has resulted in manual payments where necessary and once aware of payment needed. We have enacted a recovery plan to get back to prompt payment, which will see improved payment statistics in the next reporting period. We always aim to pay all our suppliers in a timely manner.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2023	41	59%	15%	8 Mar 2024
H2 2023	23	56%	0%	1 Nov 2023
H1 2023	24	60%	0%	29 Sept 2023
H1 2023	22	43%	0%	31 Aug 2023
H1 2023	23	53%	0%	31 Jul 2023
H1 2023	24	44%	0%	30 Jun 2023
H1 2023	25	24%	0%	31 May 2023
H1 2023	28	53%	0%	28 Apr 2023
H1 2023	24	25%	0%	31 Mar 2023
H1 2023	26	20%	1%	28 Feb 2023
H2 2022	18	9%	0%	31 Jan 2023
H2 2022	18	18%	1%	29 Dec 2022
H2 2022	20	12%	0%	30 Nov 2022
H2 2022	25	22%	0%	31 Oct 2022
H1 2022	20	13%	1%	30 Aug 2022
H1 2022	20	20%	2%	27 Jul 2022
H1 2022	19	31%	0%	22 Jun 2022
H1 2022	25	23%	0%	17 May 2022
H1 2022	19	26%	0%	21 Apr 2022
H1 2022	10	10%	0%	30 Mar 2022

Working-capital effect

What a 41-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 41-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £16,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 41-day cycle — about £13,400 more than the same account would carry at 7-day terms.

Late Payment Act. The Late Payment of Commercial Debts Act 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.

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 17 days slower over the window (24 → 41 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 41, moving within about ±10 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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