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PRS for Music Limited

Registered as PRS FOR MUSIC LIMITED. Company number 03444246. 17 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, PRS for Music Limited reported that it took an average of 28 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 60% of invoices within 30 days, 37% in 31 to 60 days and 3% after more than 60 days. It said 41% 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 34 days, so it is 6 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 28 Dec 2020 27 Jun 2021 29 Dec 2021 29 Jun 2022 32 Dec 2022 34 Jun 2023 33 Dec 2023 31 Jun 2024 34 Dec 2024 34 Jun 2025 29 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 60%37%3%41% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 30 Jan 2026 29 58%39%3%42% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 25 Jul 2025 34 58%36%6%42% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 30 Jan 2025 34 48%43%9%51% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 25 Jul 2024 31 58%38%5%40% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 30 Jan 2024 33 54%41%5%42% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 27 Jul 2023 34 54%39%7%44% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 30 Jan 2023 32 54%41%5%44% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 27 Jul 2022 29 66%30%4%36% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 31 Jan 2022 29 63%33%4%35% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 27 Jul 2021 27 63%34%3%35% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 8 Feb 2021 28 64%34%2%34% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 27 Jul 2020 27 69%29%2%32% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 31 Jan 2020 26 73%24%3%33% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 29 Jul 2019 28 67%31%2%36% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 29 Jan 2019 28 64%33%4%40% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 30 Jul 2018 27 72%26%2%39% 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.