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Financial Times Limited(the)

Registered as FINANCIAL TIMES LIMITED(THE). Company number 00227590. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 28 July 2026.

22days 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, Financial Times Limited(the) reported that it took an average of 22 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 90% of invoices within 30 days, 7% in 31 to 60 days and 3% after more than 60 days. It said 0% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 75% 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 25 days, so it is 3 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 20 Dec 2020 23 Jun 2021 21 Dec 2021 24 Jun 2022 22 Dec 2022 21 Jun 2023 19 Dec 2023 19 Jun 2024 5 Dec 2024 25 Jun 2025 21 Dec 2025 22 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 28 Jul 2026 22 90%7%3%0% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 11 Feb 2026 21 90%6%4%0% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 28 Aug 2025 25 78%17%5%0% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 29 Jan 2025 5 91%5%4%49% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 2 Aug 2024 19 90%8%2%49% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 2 Feb 2024 19 90%7%3%54% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 9 Aug 2023 21 89%9%2%46% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 30 Jan 2023 22 86%12%2%46% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 28 Jul 2022 24 83%15%2%55% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 27 Jan 2022 21 89%10%1%41% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 20 Jul 2021 23 89%10%1%35% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 20 Jan 2021 20 90%8%2%38% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 4 Aug 2020 21 87%10%3%49% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 20 Jan 2020 17 90%9%1%59% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 29 Jul 2019 18 90%9%1%53% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 17 Jan 2019 14 93%6%1%49% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 1 Aug 2018 20 89%10%1%49% 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.