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Universal Television Alternative Studio UK Productions Ltd

Registered as UNIVERSAL TELEVISION ALTERNATIVE STUDIO UK PRODUCTIONS LTD. Company number 04060116. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 30 July 2026.

21days 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 Television Alternative Studio UK Productions Ltd reported that it took an average of 21 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 78% of invoices within 30 days, 15% in 31 to 60 days and 7% after more than 60 days. It said 60% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 77% 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 19 days, so it is 2 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 44 Dec 2020 51 Jun 2021 36 Dec 2021 53 Jun 2022 53 Dec 2022 48 Jun 2023 48 Dec 2023 77 Jun 2024 37 Dec 2024 19 Jun 2025 166 Dec 2025 21 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 21 78%15%7%60% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 29 Jan 2026 166 0%0%100%100% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 31 Jul 2025 19 83%11%6%52% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 31 Jan 2025 37 61%24%15%81% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 31 Jul 2024 77 73%11%17%63% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 31 Jan 2024 48 61%17%22%61% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 31 Jul 2023 48 58%18%24%74% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 30 Jan 2023 53 64%11%25%74% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 29 Jul 2022 53 47%26%27%84% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 28 Jan 2022 36 58%25%17%71% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 26 Jul 2021 51 62%21%16%67% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 27 Jan 2021 44 60%22%18%65% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 30 Jul 2020 51 60%24%16%61% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 28 Jan 2020 56 58%23%18%67% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 12 Jul 2019 50 44%38%18%71% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 28 Jan 2019 44 67%20%13%61% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 24 Jul 2018 71 60%18%22%33% 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.