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Warner Music UK Limited

Registered as WARNER MUSIC UK LIMITED. Company number 00680511. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 March 2026, filed 8 May 2026.

21days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 October 2025 to 31 March 2026, Warner Music UK Limited reported that it took an average of 21 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 77% of invoices within 30 days, 12% in 31 to 60 days and 11% after more than 60 days. It said 80% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 77% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 31 March 2025, the average was 26 days, so it is 5 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 35 Sep 2020 41 Mar 2021 43 Sep 2021 42 Mar 2022 28 Sep 2022 30 Mar 2023 27 Sep 2023 26 Mar 2024 25 Sep 2024 26 Mar 2025 31 Sep 2025 21 Mar 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
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 8 May 2026 21 77%12%11%80% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 5 Nov 2025 31 73%16%11%23% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 29 Apr 2025 26 67%18%15%26% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 28 Oct 2024 25 67%19%14%26% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 30 Apr 2024 26 71%15%14%23% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 24 Oct 2023 27 69%15%16%26% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 28 Apr 2023 30 57%26%17%55% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 30 Oct 2022 28 55%38%7%50% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 27 Apr 2022 42 47%37%16%53% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 29 Oct 2021 43 41%40%19%45% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 30 Apr 2021 41 54%29%17%38% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 30 Oct 2020 35 73%13%14%43% Report
Nov 2019 to Mar 2020 30 Apr 2020 35 67%15%18%51% Report
Apr to Oct 2019 10 Nov 2019 37 63%13%24%55% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 30 Apr 2019 44 59%23%18%38% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 31 Oct 2018 43 58%26%16%52% Report
Oct 2017 to Mar 2018 27 Apr 2018 20 98%2%0%10% 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.