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Sky UK Limited

Registered as SKY UK LIMITED. Company number 02906991. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 30 July 2026.

36days 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, Sky UK Limited reported that it took an average of 36 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 51% of invoices within 30 days, 46% in 31 to 60 days and 3% after more than 60 days. It said 9% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 37% 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 37 days, so it is 1 day faster now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 43 Dec 2020 39 Jun 2021 38 Dec 2021 37 Jun 2022 35 Dec 2022 36 Jun 2023 36 Dec 2023 36 Jun 2024 37 Dec 2024 37 Jun 2025 37 Dec 2025 36 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 30 Jul 2026 36 51%46%3%9% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 29 Jan 2026 37 47%50%3%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 30 Jul 2025 37 47%49%4%9% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 30 Jan 2025 37 45%52%3%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 4 Dec 2024 36 47%49%3%8% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 4 Dec 2024 36 46%51%3%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 28 Jul 2023 36 45%53%3%8% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 30 Jan 2023 35 48%49%3%7% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 29 Jul 2022 37 42%55%3%5% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 28 Jan 2022 38 40%56%5%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 30 Jul 2021 39 37%56%7%8% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 29 Jan 2021 43 35%55%10%10% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 30 Jul 2020 42 34%56%10%12% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 30 Jan 2020 41 34%56%10%13% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 30 Jul 2019 41 35%55%10%14% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 30 Jan 2019 39 31%61%8%20% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 30 Jul 2018 40 27%65%8%17% Report
Jul to Dec 2017 30 Jan 2018 39 32%61%7%47% 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.