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Cineworld Cinemas Limited

Registered as CINEWORLD CINEMAS LIMITED. Company number 01915767. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 10 August 2026.

28days 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, Cineworld Cinemas Limited reported that it took an average of 28 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 96% of invoices within 30 days, 2% in 31 to 60 days and 2% after more than 60 days. It said 18% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 58% 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 23 days, so it is 5 days slower now. It reported construction contracts in this period, with no retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 44 Dec 2020 49 Jun 2021 33 Dec 2021 32 Jun 2022 53 Dec 2022 37 Jun 2023 28 Dec 2023 24 Jun 2024 21 Dec 2024 23 Jun 2025 23 Dec 2025 28 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 10 Aug 2026 28 96%2%2%18% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 15 Jan 2026 23 95%4%1%20% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 17 Jul 2025 23 98%1%1%26% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 20 Jan 2025 21 98%1%1%27% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 7 Oct 2024 24 97%2%1%26% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 30 Jan 2024 28 86%10%4%14% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 31 Jul 2023 37 86%2%12%14% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 30 Jan 2023 53 61%24%15%39% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 28 Jul 2022 32 56%40%4%44% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 28 Jan 2022 33 77%19%4%23% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 29 Jul 2021 49 56%26%17%44% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 26 Jan 2021 44 52%21%27%48% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 27 Jul 2020 41 64%20%16%36% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 29 Jan 2020 32 72%13%15%28% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 30 Jul 2019 33 62%20%18%29% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 30 Jan 2019 26 74%18%8%23% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 30 Jul 2018 29 70%19%11%24% 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.