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Reuters News & Media Limited

Registered as REUTERS NEWS & MEDIA LIMITED. Company number 02505735. 16 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 6 August 2026.

9days 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, Reuters News & Media Limited reported that it took an average of 9 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 13% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 96% 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 28 days, so it is 19 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 27 Dec 2020 50 Jun 2021 24 Dec 2021 34 Jun 2022 24 Dec 2022 26 Jun 2023 34 Dec 2023 30 Jun 2024 34 Dec 2024 28 Jun 2025 12 Dec 2025 9 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 6 Aug 2026 9 96%2%2%13% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 8 Jan 2026 12 87%5%8%0% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 21 Jul 2025 28 59%21%20%0% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 9 Jan 2025 34 50%32%18%0% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 9 Jul 2024 30 64%18%18%1% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 22 Jan 2024 34 50%32%18%0% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 26 Jul 2023 26 58%36%6%1% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 16 Jan 2023 24 62%36%2%16% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 21 Jul 2022 34 61%36%3%12% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 11 Jan 2022 24 57%41%2%86% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 27 Jul 2021 50 29%69%2%12% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 26 Jan 2021 27 55%44%2%28% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 28 Jul 2020 28 59%26%15%56% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 27 Jan 2020 33 64%15%21%57% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 30 Jul 2019 33 64%15%21%57% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 29 Jan 2019 2 100%0%0%0% 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.