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Virgin Media Business Limited

Registered as VIRGIN MEDIA BUSINESS LIMITED. Company number 01785381. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 30 July 2026.

22days 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, Virgin Media Business Limited reported that it took an average of 22 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 87% of invoices within 30 days, 10% in 31 to 60 days and 3% after more than 60 days. It said 6% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 75% 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 21 days, so it is 1 day slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 29 Dec 2020 30 Jun 2021 27 Dec 2021 27 Jun 2022 23 Dec 2022 24 Jun 2023 25 Dec 2023 23 Jun 2024 21 Dec 2024 21 Jun 2025 21 Dec 2025 22 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 22 87%10%3%6% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 29 Jan 2026 21 89%9%2%5% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 29 Jul 2025 21 88%10%2%4% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 29 Jan 2025 21 89%7%4%6% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 25 Jul 2024 23 82%15%3%6% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 30 Jan 2024 25 76%22%2%10% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 28 Jul 2023 24 86%11%3%6% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 27 Jan 2023 23 84%13%3%9% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 29 Jul 2022 27 74%22%4%11% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 28 Jan 2022 27 68%29%3%12% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 23 Jul 2021 30 60%33%7%12% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 28 Jan 2021 29 63%31%6%15% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 31 Jul 2020 32 55%35%10%23% Report
Aug to Dec 2019 29 Jan 2020 34 57%33%10%19% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 4 Feb 2020 34 57%33%10%19% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 29 Jul 2019 36 52%38%10%25% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 29 Jan 2019 n/an/an/an/a Report
Jan to Jun 2018 23 Jul 2018 n/an/an/an/a 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.