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Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Limited

Registered as NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS UK LIMITED. Company number 00119006. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 15 July 2026.

63days 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, Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Limited reported that it took an average of 63 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 11% of invoices within 30 days, 41% in 31 to 60 days and 48% after more than 60 days. It said 8% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 6% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 30 June 2025, the average was 55 days, so it is 8 days slower now. It reported construction contracts in this period, with no retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 53 Dec 2020 55 Jun 2021 52 Dec 2021 58 Jun 2022 60 Dec 2022 62 Jun 2023 63 Dec 2023 69 Jun 2024 58 Dec 2024 55 Jun 2025 60 Dec 2025 63 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 63 11%41%48%8% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 30 Jan 2026 60 16%39%45%9% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 22 Jul 2025 55 14%46%40%26% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 27 Jan 2025 58 17%40%43%14% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 22 Jul 2024 69 11%31%58%13% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 17 Jan 2024 63 16%30%54%16% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 19 Jul 2023 62 14%37%49%17% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 30 Jan 2023 60 14%40%46%15% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 20 Jul 2022 58 12%49%39%16% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 25 Jan 2022 52 16%53%31%12% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 15 Jul 2021 55 15%51%34%21% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 27 Jan 2021 53 20%50%30%22% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 29 Jul 2020 53 32%35%33%35% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 31 Jan 2020 43 47%31%22%44% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 30 Jul 2019 41 48%30%22%49% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 28 Jan 2019 48 47%28%24%44% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 27 Jul 2018 91 15%39%46%59% 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.