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Financial Times Group Limited

Registered as FINANCIAL TIMES GROUP LIMITED. Company number 00879531. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 28 July 2026.

21days 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 Group Limited reported that it took an average of 21 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 86% 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 30 June 2025, the average was 31 days, so it is 10 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 1 Jun 2018 40 Jun 2019 21 Jun 2020 27 Jun 2022 34 Dec 2022 21 Dec 2023 21 Jun 2024 8 Dec 2024 31 Jun 2025 30 Dec 2025 21 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 21 71%29%0%86% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 11 Feb 2026 30 63%13%24%0% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 28 Aug 2025 31 68%21%11%0% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 29 Jan 2025 8 100%0%0%50% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 2 Aug 2024 21 86%14%0%71% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 2 Feb 2024 21 67%33%0%100% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 9 Aug 2023 n/an/an/an/a Report
Jul to Dec 2022 30 Jan 2023 34 25%67%8%92% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 28 Jul 2022 27 50%50%0%100% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 27 Jan 2022 n/an/an/an/a Report
Jan to Jun 2021 20 Jul 2021 n/an/an/an/a Report
Jul to Dec 2020 20 Jan 2021 n/an/an/an/a Report
Jan to Jun 2020 4 Aug 2020 21 100%0%0%100% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 20 Jan 2020 n/an/an/an/a Report
Jan to Jun 2019 29 Jul 2019 40 50%50%0%100% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 17 Jan 2019 n/an/an/an/a Report
Jan to Jun 2018 1 Aug 2018 1 100%0%0%0% 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.