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John Wiley & Sons Limited

Registered as JOHN WILEY & SONS LIMITED. Company number 00641132. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 April 2026, filed 10 June 2026.

35days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 November 2025 to 30 April 2026, John Wiley & Sons Limited reported that it took an average of 35 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 80% of invoices within 30 days, 16% in 31 to 60 days and 4% after more than 60 days. It said 30% 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 April 2025, the average was 38 days, so it is 3 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 51 Oct 2020 37 Apr 2021 39 Oct 2021 37 Apr 2022 39 Oct 2022 37 Apr 2023 40 Oct 2023 37 Apr 2024 38 Oct 2024 38 Apr 2025 40 Oct 2025 35 Apr 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
Nov 2025 to Apr 2026 10 Jun 2026 35 80%16%4%30% Report
May to Oct 2025 28 Nov 2025 40 51%47%2%10% Report
Nov 2024 to Apr 2025 27 May 2025 38 53%44%3%17% Report
May to Oct 2024 29 Nov 2024 38 56%40%4%14% Report
Nov 2023 to Apr 2024 28 Jun 2024 37 62%35%3%17% Report
May to Oct 2023 28 Nov 2023 40 55%42%3%15% Report
Nov 2022 to Apr 2023 24 May 2023 37 61%35%3%21% Report
May to Oct 2022 28 Nov 2022 39 62%31%7%23% Report
Nov 2021 to Apr 2022 17 May 2022 37 60%35%5%34% Report
May to Oct 2021 30 Nov 2021 39 53%40%7%29% Report
Nov 2020 to Apr 2021 28 May 2021 37 71%23%6%25% Report
May to Oct 2020 23 Nov 2020 51 45%46%9%31% Report
Nov 2019 to Apr 2020 21 May 2020 40 55%38%7%34% Report
May to Oct 2019 25 Nov 2019 42 56%33%11%32% Report
Nov 2018 to Apr 2019 29 May 2019 49 57%34%9%33% Report
May to Oct 2018 16 Nov 2018 26 69%30%1%14% Report
Nov 2017 to Apr 2018 31 May 2018 23 65%28%7%56% Report
May to Oct 2017 16 Nov 2017 37 67%22%11%55% 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.