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Merck Sharp & Dohme (UK) Limited

Registered as MERCK SHARP & DOHME (UK) LIMITED. Company number 00233687. 12 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 16 July 2026.

36days 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, Merck Sharp & Dohme (UK) Limited reported that it took an average of 36 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 60% of invoices within 30 days, 10% in 31 to 60 days and 30% after more than 60 days. It said 16% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 37% 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 41 days, so it is 5 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 14 Dec 2020 64 Jun 2021 67 Dec 2021 64 Jun 2022 57 Dec 2022 58 Jun 2023 41 Dec 2023 40 Jun 2024 37 Dec 2024 41 Jun 2025 36 Dec 2025 36 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 16 Jul 2026 36 60%10%30%16% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 22 Jan 2026 36 67%8%25%67% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 28 Jul 2025 41 62%8%30%15% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 10 Jan 2025 37 57%12%31%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 4 Jul 2024 40 51%16%33%9% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 26 Jan 2024 41 49%12%39%28% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 2 Aug 2023 58 27%19%54%30% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 31 Jan 2023 57 35%18%47%21% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 26 Jul 2022 64 28%20%52%25% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 26 Jan 2022 67 25%13%62%19% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 25 Aug 2021 64 27%19%54%20% Report
Nov to Dec 2020 26 Aug 2021 14 95%4%1%3% 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.