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Emerald Publishing Limited

Registered as EMERALD PUBLISHING LIMITED. Company number 03080506. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 30 July 2026.

25days 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, Emerald Publishing Limited reported that it took an average of 25 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 66% of invoices within 30 days, 30% in 31 to 60 days and 4% after more than 60 days. It said 11% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 66% 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 23 days, so it is 2 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 16 Dec 2020 25 Jun 2021 15 Dec 2021 18 Jun 2022 21 Dec 2022 20 Jun 2023 19 Dec 2023 24 Jun 2024 21 Dec 2024 23 Jun 2025 22 Dec 2025 25 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 25 66%30%4%11% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 20 Jan 2026 22 67%32%1%9% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 4 Aug 2025 23 68%32%0%6% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 29 Jan 2025 21 74%25%1%5% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 29 Jul 2024 24 66%29%5%6% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 26 Jan 2024 19 78%22%0%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 28 Jul 2023 20 79%20%1%4% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 30 Jan 2023 21 80%18%2%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 29 Jul 2022 18 80%19%1%6% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 31 Jan 2022 15 88%10%1%4% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 30 Jul 2021 25 61%36%3%3% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 28 Jan 2021 16 86%13%2%5% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 22 Jul 2020 12 91%9%1%6% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 22 Jan 2020 16 90%9%1%7% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 25 Jul 2019 16 89%10%1%6% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 28 Jan 2019 19 85%15%1%9% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 30 Jul 2018 19 90%9%1%9% 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.