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Universal Pictures Productions Limited

Registered as UNIVERSAL PICTURES PRODUCTIONS LIMITED. Company number 00947098. 16 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 10 August 2026.

27days 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 Productions Limited reported that it took an average of 27 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 78% of invoices within 30 days, 10% in 31 to 60 days and 12% after more than 60 days. It said 76% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 61% 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 34 days, so it is 7 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 44 Jun 2020 40 Dec 2020 40 Jun 2021 55 Dec 2021 65 Jun 2022 57 Dec 2022 104 Jun 2023 37 Dec 2023 47 Jun 2024 58 Dec 2024 34 Jun 2025 27 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 10 Aug 2026 27 78%10%12%76% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 30 Jul 2025 34 58%28%14%85% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 31 Jan 2025 58 54%12%34%91% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 31 Jul 2024 47 52%19%30%81% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 31 Jan 2024 37 81%6%13%76% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 31 Jul 2023 104 37%37%25%89% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 30 Jan 2023 57 50%28%22%67% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 29 Jul 2022 65 43%29%28%78% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 28 Jan 2022 55 48%32%20%74% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 26 Jul 2021 40 57%28%15%73% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 27 Jan 2021 40 60%24%16%75% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 30 Jul 2020 44 53%27%20%76% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 28 Jan 2020 39 55%31%14%41% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 12 Jul 2019 46 58%25%17%44% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 28 Jan 2019 38 61%21%18%55% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 24 Jul 2018 79 50%13%38%26% 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.