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Universal Pictures Limited

Registered as UNIVERSAL PICTURES LIMITED. Company number 00859283. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 30 July 2026.

25days 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, Universal Pictures Limited reported that it took an average of 25 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 71% of invoices within 30 days, 29% in 31 to 60 days and 0% after more than 60 days. It said 76% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 66% 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 38 days, so it is 13 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 22 Dec 2020 34 Jun 2021 31 Dec 2021 22 Jun 2022 12 Dec 2022 63 Jun 2023 24 Dec 2023 29 Jun 2024 15 Dec 2024 38 Jun 2025 158 Dec 2025 25 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 30 Jul 2026 25 71%29%0%76% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 29 Jan 2026 158 0%0%100%100% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 31 Jul 2025 38 50%33%17%79% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 31 Jan 2025 15 87%13%0%13% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 31 Jul 2024 29 71%29%0%29% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 31 Jan 2024 24 93%7%0%7% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 31 Jul 2023 63 70%13%17%22% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 30 Jan 2023 12 90%0%10%10% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 29 Jul 2022 22 67%33%0%33% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 28 Jan 2022 31 40%56%4%60% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 28 Jul 2021 34 76%10%14%24% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 28 Jan 2021 22 92%4%4%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 31 Jul 2020 27 79%4%17%21% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 28 Jan 2020 35 69%19%11%31% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 22 Jul 2019 28 80%8%12%20% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 28 Jan 2019 23 83%13%4%17% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 24 Jul 2018 20 91%4%4%9% 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.