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Relx (UK) Limited

Registered as RELX (UK) LIMITED. Company number 02746621. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 29 July 2026.

37days 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, Relx (UK) Limited reported that it took an average of 37 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 67% of invoices within 30 days, 19% in 31 to 60 days and 14% after more than 60 days. It said 8% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 35% 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 22 days, so it is 15 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 33 Dec 2020 32 Jun 2021 25 Dec 2021 21 Jun 2022 17 Dec 2022 18 Jun 2023 15 Dec 2023 15 Jun 2024 16 Dec 2024 22 Jun 2025 29 Dec 2025 37 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 29 Jul 2026 37 67%19%14%8% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 30 Jan 2026 29 69%18%13%23% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 30 Jul 2025 22 83%13%4%9% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 28 Jan 2025 16 89%7%4%6% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 23 Jul 2024 15 90%9%1%5% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 26 Jan 2024 15 91%8%1%3% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 24 Jul 2023 18 90%9%1%5% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 28 Jan 2023 17 90%8%2%5% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 25 Jul 2022 21 80%17%3%5% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 28 Jan 2022 25 81%15%4%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 27 Jul 2021 32 50%47%3%19% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 28 Jan 2021 33 53%42%5%21% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 29 Jul 2020 39 46%44%10%22% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 30 Jan 2020 57 45%41%14%24% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 30 Jul 2019 40 43%49%8%41% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 29 Jan 2019 30 61%34%5%49% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 26 Jul 2018 27 65%29%6%69% 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.