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The Orion Publishing Group Limited

Registered as THE ORION PUBLISHING GROUP LIMITED. Company number 02663988. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 17 July 2026.

71days 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, The Orion Publishing Group Limited reported that it took an average of 71 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 89% of invoices within 30 days, 4% in 31 to 60 days and 7% after more than 60 days. It said 24% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 4% 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 75 days, so it is 4 days faster now. It reported construction contracts in this period, with no retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 72 Dec 2020 65 Jun 2021 66 Dec 2021 69 Jun 2022 79 Dec 2022 69 Jun 2023 65 Dec 2023 67 Jun 2024 69 Dec 2024 75 Jun 2025 72 Dec 2025 71 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 17 Jul 2026 71 89%4%7%24% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 16 Jan 2026 72 89%5%6%28% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 29 Jul 2025 75 26%17%57%28% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 31 Jan 2025 69 32%17%51%27% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 19 Jul 2024 67 34%18%48%31% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 25 Jan 2024 65 41%12%47%27% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 27 Jul 2023 69 38%14%48%28% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 27 Jan 2023 79 41%10%49%31% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 29 Jul 2022 69 41%12%47%29% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 28 Jan 2022 66 39%14%47%32% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 30 Jul 2021 65 42%12%46%24% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 29 Jan 2021 72 37%9%54%26% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 30 Jul 2020 68 35%12%53%29% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 30 Jan 2020 59 44%13%43%26% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 30 Jul 2019 67 37%12%51%29% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 28 Jan 2019 60 44%12%44%26% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 27 Jul 2018 52 54%12%34%23% 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.