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How long do arts & entertainment companies take to pay their suppliers?

Large UK companies and LLPs within the reporting duty publish how quickly they pay. This page lists all 130 companies in arts & entertainment with statutory payment reports on record, alphabetically; the median is taken from the 74 that filed within the last 15 months. Check the “latest period” column — some stopped reporting.

Sector median
28.5 days
Faster than the UK norm · vs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers
Companies reporting
74

Median of each company's latest reported average time to pay. Source: gov.uk Payment Practices register, used under OGL v3.0. Dataset rebuilt , covering reporting periods to 2 Aug 2026. 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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All reporting companies, A–Z

CompanyAvg days to payLatest period
2 Entertain Video Limited172025-09
Academy Music Group Limited332026-06
Afc Bournemouth Limited252026-06
Ansco Arena Limited62026-06
Arsenal Stadium Management Company Limited342026-05
Ascot Racecourse Limited312026-07
Aspers (Stratford City) Limited742023-12
Aston Villa FC Limited412024-12
Aston Villa Football Club Limited432024-12
Bannatyne Fitness Limited522026-06
Betfair Limited202020-06
Braintree District Leisure Community Association Limited02019-09
Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club,limited(the)342020-06
Burhill Golf and Leisure Limited202026-06
Camelot UK Lotteries Limited282024-03
Carlton Clubs Limited232020-09
Castle Leisure Ltd292023-12
Celtic F.c. Limited152026-06
Chelsea Football Club Limited232026-06
Coral Racing Limited522018-12
CPFC Limited302026-06
Cream Global Limited262025-06
David Lloyd Clubs Limited272024-12
David Lloyd Leisure Limited262026-06
Done Brothers (Cash Betting) Limited252024-03
Encore Tickets Limited302019-12
Everton Football Club Company,limited(the)362026-06
Festival Republic Limited292026-06
Football Association Limited182026-02
Football League Limited(the)252026-01
Formula Motorsport Limited302026-06
Formula One Digital Media Limited132026-06
Formula One Hospitality and Event Services Limited192026-06
Fulham Football Club Limited72023-12
Gala Leisure Limited562026-07
Genting Casinos UK Limited272026-06
Glyndebourne Productions Limited252020-06
Goals Soccer Centres PLC572019-06
Goodwood Events Company Limited312026-06
Goodwood Racecourse Limited342026-06
Goodwood Road Racing Company Limited372026-06
Grosvenor Casinos (Gc) Limited362026-06
Grosvenor Casinos Limited392026-06
Haas Formula UK Ltd392026-06
Hestview Limited462022-12
Hippodrome Casino Limited432023-12
Hull City Tigers Limited362019-06
Jockey Club Racecourses Limited302026-06
Ladbrokes Betting & Gaming Limited532019-06
Ladbrokes Coral Group Limited512018-12
Legacy Leisure Limited182020-12
Les Ambassadeurs Club Limited252026-06
Lex Leisure Cic142024-12
Live Nation (Music) UK Limited222026-06
London Clubs LSQ Limited502022-06
London Transport Museum (Trading) Limited252025-03
London Transport Museum Limited142025-03
Longleat Enterprises Limited372025-06
Lta Operations Limited172026-06
Luxury Leisure342026-06
Manchester City Football Club Limited242026-06
Manchester United Football Club Limited382026-06
Mclaren Racing Limited662026-06
Mecca Bingo Limited472026-06
Mercedes-benz Grand Prix Ltd332026-06
Merlin Entertainments (Sea Life) Limited342025-12
Moonbug Entertainment Limited362024-06
Mylotto24 Limited152019-12
National Football Centre Limited232026-02
Nimax Theatres Limited272026-03
North of England Zoological Society (The)542026-06
Northampton Rugby Football Club Limited192021-11
Norwich City Football Club PLC522022-12
Octagon Athlete Representation Limited32025-12
Paultons Park Limited332025-11
PFPL Projects (Epping) Ltd232023-03
PFPL Projects (Hinckley) Ltd42023-09
PFPL Projects (Sparkhill) Ltd262019-09
PFPL Projects (Surrey Heath) Ltd272023-03
Places for People Leisure Limited242026-03
Places for People Leisure Management Ltd.242026-03
Playboy Club London Limited852022-06
Playnation Limited592021-12
Postcode Lottery Limited242026-06
Power Leisure Bookmakers Limited162020-06
Pure Gym Limited412019-12
Racing Point UK Limited502025-12
Ral Limited322026-06
Rank Digital Limited1452021-12
Rank Leisure Limited402021-12
Red Bull Racing Limited332026-06
Renault Sport Racing Limited272019-12
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Foundation252026-02
Simco Limited122021-03
Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited132026-03
Southampton Football Club Limited392026-06
Spreadex Limited252023-11
Stoke City Football Club Limited192026-05
Swansea City Association Football Club Limited(the)202021-01
Tenpin Limited312025-12
That Lot Creatives Limited112025-12
The All England Lawn Tennis Club (Championships) Limited282026-07
The Arsenal Football Club Public Limited Company402026-05
The Blackburn Rovers Football and Athletic Limited482023-06
The Derby County Football Club Limited522021-06
The Everton Ladies Football Club Limited502026-06
The Football Association Premier League Limited212024-07
The Gaming Group Limited462021-12
The Goodwood Club Limited372026-06
The Gym Limited232026-06
The Liverpool Football Club and Athletic Grounds Limited252026-05
The Original Bowling Company Limited392026-03
The Prince's Foundation202026-03
The Reading Football Club Limited302017-12
The Royal Academy of Arts132026-02
The Royal Collection Trust212026-03
The Royal National Theatre332019-03
The Welsh Rugby Union Limited172023-12
The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust262026-03
Tottenham Hotspur Football & Athletic Co. Ltd392026-06
Tottenham Hotspur Limited612026-06
Universal Pictures Group (UK) Limited242026-06
Virgin Active Limited442026-06
Wales Millennium Centre242024-03
Walt Disney Company Limited(the)182026-03
Watford Association Football Club Limited(the)332017-12
Wembley National Stadium Limited282026-07
West Bromwich Albion Football Club Limited392022-12
WH Holding Limited412023-11
William Hill Organization Limited292024-12

Alphabetical, not a ranking. Each figure is the company's own latest statutory report; click through for their full history and sources.

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