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Associated Newspapers Limited

Registered as ASSOCIATED NEWSPAPERS LIMITED. Company number 00084121. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 27 September 2026, filed 29 October 2026.

26days on average to pay

  • Within 30 days
  • 31 to 60 days
  • Over 60 days

In the reporting period from 30 March 2026 to 27 September 2026, Associated Newspapers Limited reported that it took an average of 26 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 86% of invoices within 30 days, 12% in 31 to 60 days and 2% after more than 60 days. It said 28% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 64% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. It is unchanged on the same period a year earlier (to 28 September 2025).

Average days to pay, report by report

30 25 Mar 2021 25 Sep 2021 25 Mar 2022 26 Oct 2022 26 Apr 2023 25 Oct 2023 24 Mar 2024 25 Sep 2024 26 Mar 2025 26 Sep 2025 26 Mar 2026 26 Sep 2026

Bars are labelled with the month the period ended. The dashed line marks 30 days.

Every report filed

PeriodFiledAverage daysWithin 30 days31 to 60Over 60Not within termsSource
Mar to Sep 2026 29 Oct 2026 26 86%12%2%28% Report
Sep 2025 to Mar 2026 1 May 2026 26 87%11%2%25% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 26 Nov 2025 26 87%11%2%22% Report
Sep 2024 to Mar 2025 30 Apr 2025 26 86%12%2%22% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 6 Nov 2024 25 89%9%2%19% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 29 Apr 2024 24 90%8%2%20% Report
Apr to Oct 2023 31 Oct 2023 25 88%9%3%22% Report
Oct 2022 to Apr 2023 26 Apr 2023 26 88%9%3%22% Report
Mar to Oct 2022 1 Nov 2022 26 89%9%2%22% Report
Sep 2021 to Mar 2022 25 Apr 2022 25 90%8%2%21% Report
Mar to Sep 2021 29 Oct 2021 25 90%7%3%19% Report
Sep 2020 to Mar 2021 6 May 2021 25 90%8%2%19% Report
Mar to Sep 2020 30 Oct 2020 24 93%6%1%14% Report
Sep 2019 to Mar 2020 10 May 2020 23 93%6%1%18% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 29 Oct 2019 25 92%6%2%17% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 24 Apr 2019 25 91%7%2%16% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 29 Oct 2018 23 92%7%1%17% Report
Oct 2017 to Apr 2018 25 Apr 2018 25 92%6%2%16% Report

Source: the company's filings on Check payment practices. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are as filed. We do not change them.