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BBC Studios Distribution Limited

Registered as BBC STUDIOS DISTRIBUTION LIMITED. Company number 01420028. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 22 October 2026.

23days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 April 2026 to 30 September 2026, BBC Studios Distribution Limited reported that it took an average of 23 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 76% of invoices within 30 days, 24% in 31 to 60 days and 0% after more than 60 days. It said 10% 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 September 2025, the average was 21 days, so it is 2 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 19 Mar 2021 22 Sep 2021 20 Mar 2022 19 Sep 2022 21 Mar 2023 22 Sep 2023 23 Mar 2024 21 Sep 2024 19 Mar 2025 21 Sep 2025 20 Mar 2026 23 Sep 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
Apr to Sep 2026 22 Oct 2026 23 76%24%0%10% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 21 Apr 2026 20 79%20%1%14% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 28 Oct 2025 21 79%20%1%17% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 24 Apr 2025 19 79%20%1%15% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 29 Oct 2024 21 78%21%1%15% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 24 Apr 2024 23 77%22%1%14% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 26 Oct 2023 22 75%24%1%12% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 25 Apr 2023 21 76%23%1%13% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 24 Oct 2022 19 78%22%0%12% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 29 Apr 2022 20 76%23%1%14% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 26 Oct 2021 22 77%23%1%12% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 26 Apr 2021 19 78%20%2%13% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 26 Oct 2020 20 77%20%3%15% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 29 Apr 2020 18 76%23%1%20% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 31 Oct 2019 21 73%26%1%15% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 18 Apr 2019 14 90%8%2%28% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 19 Oct 2018 24 67%30%3%48% 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.