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Guardian Media Group PLC

Registered as GUARDIAN MEDIA GROUP PLC. Company number 00094531. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 30 October 2026.

21days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 April 2026 to 30 September 2026, Guardian Media Group PLC reported that it took an average of 21 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 82% of invoices within 30 days, 12% in 31 to 60 days and 6% after more than 60 days. It said 15% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 77% 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 30 September 2025).

Average days to pay, report by report

30 13 Mar 2021 12 Sep 2021 12 Apr 2022 11 Oct 2022 28 Apr 2023 27 Oct 2023 33 Mar 2024 31 Sep 2024 21 Mar 2025 21 Sep 2025 30 Mar 2026 21 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
Apr to Sep 2026 30 Oct 2026 21 82%12%6%15% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 30 Apr 2026 30 87%9%4%11% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 29 Oct 2025 21 83%11%6%14% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 11 Apr 2025 21 86%9%5%11% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 31 Oct 2024 31 78%15%7%16% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 18 Apr 2024 33 71%18%11%21% Report
Apr to Oct 2023 23 Oct 2023 27 74%17%9%21% Report
Oct 2022 to Apr 2023 31 May 2023 28 73%17%10%31% Report
Apr to Oct 2022 31 Oct 2022 11 96%3%1%3% Report
Sep 2021 to Apr 2022 12 Apr 2022 12 97%2%0%3% Report
Mar to Sep 2021 4 Oct 2021 12 97%2%1%2% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 20 Apr 2021 13 93%6%1%6% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 27 Oct 2020 19 80%19%1%11% Report
Sep 2019 to Mar 2020 29 Apr 2020 17 83%16%2%37% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 9 Oct 2019 16 82%17%1%27% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 1 May 2019 19 75%23%2%39% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 26 Nov 2018 22 69%27%4%27% 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.