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CNBC (UK) Limited

Registered as CNBC (UK) LIMITED. Company number 01574907. 16 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 December 2025, filed 29 January 2026.

32days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 July 2025 to 31 December 2025, CNBC (UK) Limited reported that it took an average of 32 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 73% of invoices within 30 days, 17% in 31 to 60 days and 10% after more than 60 days. It said 27% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 47% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 31 December 2024, the average was 35 days, so it is 3 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 59 Jun 2020 55 Dec 2020 61 Jun 2021 41 Dec 2021 38 Jun 2022 37 Dec 2022 40 Jun 2023 34 Dec 2023 21 Jun 2024 35 Dec 2024 27 Jun 2025 32 Dec 2025

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
Jul to Dec 2025 29 Jan 2026 32 73%17%10%27% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 31 Jul 2025 27 75%17%8%26% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 31 Jan 2025 35 72%19%9%27% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 31 Jul 2024 21 74%16%10%27% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 31 Jan 2024 34 77%12%11%19% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 31 Jul 2023 40 68%17%15%32% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 30 Jan 2023 37 59%26%15%38% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 29 Jul 2022 38 63%23%13%36% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 28 Jan 2022 41 50%37%13%50% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 26 Jul 2021 61 51%33%16%49% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 27 Jan 2021 55 55%33%12%45% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 30 Jul 2020 59 26%47%26%73% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 28 Jan 2020 65 32%42%26%70% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 12 Jul 2019 53 28%44%28%62% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 29 Jan 2019 46 36%46%19%64% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 24 Jul 2018 50 41%42%17%56% 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.