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National Magazine Company Limited(the)

Registered as NATIONAL MAGAZINE COMPANY LIMITED(THE). Company number 00112955. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 15 July 2026.

29days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 January 2026 to 30 June 2026, National Magazine Company Limited(the) reported that it took an average of 29 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 62% of invoices within 30 days, 35% in 31 to 60 days and 3% after more than 60 days. It said 35% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 55% 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 June 2025).

Average days to pay, report by report

30 28 Dec 2020 27 Jun 2021 28 Dec 2021 29 Jun 2022 27 Dec 2022 29 Jun 2023 27 Dec 2023 30 Jun 2024 31 Dec 2024 29 Jun 2025 27 Dec 2025 29 Jun 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
Jan to Jun 2026 15 Jul 2026 29 62%35%3%35% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 30 Jan 2026 27 67%31%2%33% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 30 Jul 2025 29 67%30%3%34% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 30 Jan 2025 31 59%36%5%46% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 29 Jul 2024 30 71%23%6%34% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 29 Jan 2024 27 75%20%5%29% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 24 Jul 2023 29 71%23%5%28% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 27 Jan 2023 27 77%18%4%23% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 20 Jul 2022 29 74%21%4%26% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 28 Jan 2022 28 75%21%4%27% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 29 Jul 2021 27 79%16%5%21% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 29 Jan 2021 28 75%21%4%10% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 31 Jul 2020 32 70%21%9%9% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 31 Jan 2020 28 77%17%6%10% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 30 Jul 2019 40 82%14%4%18% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 21 Jan 2019 29 81%15%4%19% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 26 Jul 2018 42 61%25%14%17% 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.