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Express Newspapers

Registered as EXPRESS NEWSPAPERS. Company number 00141748. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 21 July 2026.

35days 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, Express Newspapers reported that it took an average of 35 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 47% of invoices within 30 days, 43% in 31 to 60 days and 10% after more than 60 days. It said 21% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 39% 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 39 days, so it is 4 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 38 Dec 2020 35 Jun 2021 36 Dec 2021 35 Jun 2022 39 Dec 2022 36 Jun 2023 36 Dec 2023 36 Jun 2024 37 Dec 2024 39 Jun 2025 36 Dec 2025 35 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 21 Jul 2026 35 47%43%10%21% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 28 Jan 2026 36 43%44%13%21% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 29 Jul 2025 39 39%48%13%24% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 29 Jan 2025 37 44%44%12%21% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 24 Jul 2024 36 42%47%11%21% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 29 Jan 2024 36 41%51%8%19% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 20 Jul 2023 36 40%54%6%27% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 27 Jan 2023 39 34%59%7%31% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 25 Jul 2022 35 46%48%6%29% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 26 Jan 2022 36 42%50%8%32% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 21 Jul 2021 35 46%49%5%27% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 18 Jan 2021 38 44%46%10%28% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 20 Jul 2020 35 47%48%5%21% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 23 Jan 2020 36 42%50%8%28% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 1 Aug 2019 33 46%48%6%26% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 31 Jan 2019 58 13%51%36%13% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 30 Jul 2018 57 17%42%41%11% 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.