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Telefonica UK Limited

Registered as TELEFONICA UK LIMITED. Company number 01743099. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 30 July 2026.

92days 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, Telefonica UK Limited reported that it took an average of 92 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 19% of invoices within 30 days, 15% in 31 to 60 days and 66% after more than 60 days. It said 3% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 1% 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 89 days, so it is 3 days slower now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses at a standard rate of 5%.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 95 Dec 2020 103 Jun 2021 87 Dec 2021 104 Jun 2022 109 Dec 2022 114 Jun 2023 111 Dec 2023 107 Jun 2024 96 Dec 2024 89 Jun 2025 96 Dec 2025 92 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 30 Jul 2026 92 19%15%66%3% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 29 Jan 2026 96 21%13%66%3% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 29 Jul 2025 89 23%13%64%3% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 30 Jan 2025 96 41%9%50%4% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 26 Jul 2024 107 11%25%64%5% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 30 Jan 2024 111 13%18%69%5% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 28 Jul 2023 114 11%19%70%4% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 27 Jan 2023 109 15%17%68%4% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 27 Jul 2022 104 15%25%60%7% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 28 Jan 2022 87 28%18%54%4% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 30 Jul 2021 103 21%19%60%4% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 29 Jan 2021 95 26%21%53%4% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 30 Jul 2020 88 36%16%47%4% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 29 Jan 2020 82 37%22%41%6% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 26 Jul 2019 85 33%23%44%8% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 30 Jan 2019 77 33%29%38%17% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 27 Jul 2018 78 30%32%38%19% 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.