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Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited

Registered as SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT UK LIMITED. Company number 01471066. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 29 October 2026.

12days 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, Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited reported that it took an average of 12 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 99% of invoices within 30 days, 1% in 31 to 60 days and 0% after more than 60 days. It said 1% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 93% 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 16 days, so it is 4 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 15 Mar 2021 15 Sep 2021 16 Mar 2022 13 Sep 2022 13 Mar 2023 15 Sep 2023 14 Mar 2024 15 Sep 2024 18 Mar 2025 16 Sep 2025 13 Mar 2026 12 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 29 Oct 2026 12 99%1%0%1% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 28 Apr 2026 13 98%1%1%2% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 31 Oct 2025 16 98%1%1%2% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 30 Apr 2025 18 96%3%1%4% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 31 Oct 2024 15 97%2%1%3% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 29 Apr 2024 14 96%3%1%4% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 30 Oct 2023 15 96%3%1%4% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 28 Apr 2023 13 97%2%1%3% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 26 Oct 2022 13 97%2%1%3% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 28 Apr 2022 16 99%1%0%1% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 28 Oct 2021 15 99%1%0%1% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 30 Apr 2021 15 99%1%0%1% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 28 Oct 2020 14 98%2%0%2% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 24 Apr 2020 14 98%1%1%2% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 30 Oct 2019 14 97%2%1%3% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 30 Apr 2019 17 98%1%1%2% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 29 Oct 2018 20 89%5%6%11% 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.