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MSD Animal Health UK Limited

Registered as MSD ANIMAL HEALTH UK LIMITED. Company number 03200055. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 16 July 2026.

51days 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, MSD Animal Health UK Limited reported that it took an average of 51 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 42% of invoices within 30 days, 13% in 31 to 60 days and 45% after more than 60 days. It said 3% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 15% 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 48 days, so it is 3 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 44 Dec 2020 53 Jun 2021 56 Dec 2021 60 Jun 2022 65 Dec 2022 64 Jun 2023 50 Dec 2023 49 Jun 2024 53 Dec 2024 48 Jun 2025 48 Dec 2025 51 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 16 Jul 2026 51 42%13%45%3% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 22 Jan 2026 48 46%13%41%16% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 28 Jul 2025 48 42%15%43%3% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 10 Jan 2025 53 46%12%42%0% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 4 Jul 2024 49 46%11%43%3% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 26 Jan 2024 50 43%12%45%12% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 2 Aug 2023 64 29%13%58%17% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 31 Jan 2023 65 30%15%55%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 26 Jul 2022 60 37%14%49%9% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 26 Jan 2022 56 40%14%45%7% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 25 Aug 2021 53 44%17%39%9% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 8 Feb 2021 44 42%34%24%5% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 4 Aug 2020 53 28%33%39%11% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 13 Feb 2020 46 46%32%22%0% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 4 Sep 2019 84 42%12%46%5% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 4 Sep 2019 84 39%16%45%0% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 4 Sep 2019 84 42%16%42%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.