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Microsoft Research Limited

Registered as MICROSOFT RESEARCH LIMITED. Company number 03369488. 11 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 31 July 2026.

28days 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, Microsoft Research Limited reported that it took an average of 28 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 85% of invoices within 30 days, 13% in 31 to 60 days and 2% after more than 60 days. It said 2% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 58% 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 29 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 17 Jun 2021 15 Dec 2021 29 Jun 2022 34 Dec 2022 31 Jun 2023 28 Dec 2023 33 Jun 2024 35 Dec 2024 29 Jun 2025 35 Dec 2025 28 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 31 Jul 2026 28 85%13%2%2% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 9 Feb 2026 35 85%13%2%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 31 Jul 2025 29 81%14%5%7% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 30 Jan 2025 35 74%21%5%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 5 Aug 2024 33 82%14%4%8% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 30 Jan 2024 28 77%20%3%5% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 3 Aug 2023 31 79%16%5%10% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 1 Feb 2023 34 77%15%8%24% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 19 Jul 2022 29 84%12%4%6% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 27 Jan 2022 15 91%9%0%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 2 Aug 2021 17 90%10%0%11% 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.