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The Symphony Group PLC

Registered as THE SYMPHONY GROUP PLC. Company number 01022506. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 23 July 2026.

23days 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, The Symphony Group PLC reported that it took an average of 23 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 71% of invoices within 30 days, 13% in 31 to 60 days and 16% after more than 60 days. It said 26% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 72% 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 24 days, so it is 1 day faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 31 Dec 2020 35 Jun 2021 33 Dec 2021 34 Jun 2022 32 Dec 2022 28 Jun 2023 29 Dec 2023 24 Jun 2024 28 Dec 2024 24 Jun 2025 44 Dec 2025 23 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 23 Jul 2026 23 71%13%16%26% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 28 Jan 2026 44 63%16%21%21% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 23 Jul 2025 24 70%14%16%16% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 28 Jan 2025 28 70%14%16%16% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 25 Jul 2024 24 70%13%17%17% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 24 Jan 2024 29 64%16%20%15% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 19 Jul 2023 28 62%18%20%20% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 31 Jan 2023 32 64%15%21%15% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 20 Jul 2022 34 61%16%23%17% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 28 Jan 2022 33 59%18%23%16% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 26 Jul 2021 35 61%18%21%19% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 27 Jan 2021 31 60%19%21%12% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 20 Jul 2020 27 67%15%18%17% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 27 Jan 2020 28 65%16%19%15% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 17 Jul 2019 27 67%16%17%15% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 30 Jan 2019 26 67%15%17%17% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 26 Jul 2018 28 65%17%18%15% 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.