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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Registered as BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC. Company number 01984336. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 August 2026, filed 30 September 2026.

31days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 March 2026 to 31 August 2026, Bloomsbury Publishing PLC reported that it took an average of 31 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 67% of invoices within 30 days, 21% in 31 to 60 days and 12% after more than 60 days. It said 9% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 50% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 31 August 2025, the average was 33 days, so it is 2 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 46 Feb 2021 44 Aug 2021 43 Feb 2022 38 Aug 2022 39 Feb 2023 39 Aug 2023 39 Feb 2024 38 Aug 2024 38 Feb 2025 33 Aug 2025 39 Feb 2026 31 Aug 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
Mar to Aug 2026 30 Sep 2026 31 67%21%12%9% Report
Aug 2025 to Feb 2026 27 Mar 2026 39 53%26%21%28% Report
Mar to Aug 2025 29 Sep 2025 33 64%19%17%30% Report
Sep 2024 to Feb 2025 24 Apr 2025 38 60%15%25%29% Report
Mar to Aug 2024 30 Sep 2024 38 60%14%26%28% Report
Sep 2023 to Feb 2024 18 Mar 2024 39 58%14%28%28% Report
Mar to Aug 2023 28 Sep 2023 39 58%14%28%29% Report
Sep 2022 to Feb 2023 27 Mar 2023 39 58%14%28%29% Report
Mar to Aug 2022 27 Sep 2022 38 59%14%27%30% Report
Sep 2021 to Feb 2022 31 Mar 2022 43 52%17%31%31% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 27 Sep 2021 44 53%16%32%34% Report
Sep 2020 to Feb 2021 25 Mar 2021 46 47%16%37%33% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 13 Oct 2020 43 52%14%34%37% Report
Sep 2019 to Feb 2020 5 Mar 2020 35 60%14%26%28% Report
Mar to Aug 2019 17 Sep 2019 35 64%8%28%27% Report
Sep 2018 to Feb 2019 22 Mar 2019 35 60%14%26%28% Report
Mar to Aug 2018 26 Sep 2018 31 67%11%22%26% 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.