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Universal Pictures International Entertainment Limited

Registered as UNIVERSAL PICTURES INTERNATIONAL ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED. Company number 03799655. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 30 July 2026.

37days 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, Universal Pictures International Entertainment Limited reported that it took an average of 37 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 64% of invoices within 30 days, 23% in 31 to 60 days and 13% after more than 60 days. It said 32% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 35% 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 3 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 41 Dec 2020 35 Jun 2021 40 Dec 2021 40 Jun 2022 40 Dec 2022 38 Jun 2023 43 Dec 2023 41 Jun 2024 36 Dec 2024 34 Jun 2025 41 Dec 2025 37 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 37 64%23%13%32% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 29 Jan 2026 41 69%17%14%36% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 31 Jul 2025 34 71%17%12%31% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 31 Jan 2025 36 72%15%13%36% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 31 Jul 2024 41 68%18%14%28% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 31 Jan 2024 43 61%24%15%35% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 31 Jul 2023 38 61%27%11%31% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 30 Jan 2023 40 56%29%15%38% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 29 Jul 2022 40 55%33%12%34% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 28 Jan 2022 40 41%46%13%47% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 26 Jul 2021 35 52%40%9%40% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 27 Jan 2021 41 64%28%8%28% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 30 Jul 2020 42 45%44%12%43% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 28 Jan 2020 44 48%34%17%44% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 12 Jul 2019 45 39%43%18%52% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 28 Jan 2019 52 40%37%23%54% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 24 Jul 2018 46 52%33%15%32% 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.