Royal Mail Group Limited
Registered as ROYAL MAIL GROUP LIMITED. Company number 04138203. 16 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 29 March 2026, filed 30 April 2026.
51days on average to pay
- Within 30 days
- 31 to 60 days
- Over 60 days
In the reporting period from 29 September 2025 to 29 March 2026, Royal Mail Group Limited reported that it took an average of 51 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 30% of invoices within 30 days, 35% in 31 to 60 days and 35% after more than 60 days. It said 2% 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 March 2025, the average was 45 days, so it is 6 days slower now.
Average days to pay, report by report
Bars are labelled with the month the period ended. The dashed line marks 30 days.
Every report filed
| Period | Filed | Average days | Within 30 days | 31 to 60 | Over 60 | Not within terms | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 to Mar 2026 | 30 Apr 2026 | 51 | 30% | 35% | 35% | 2% | Report |
| Apr to Sep 2025 | 31 Oct 2025 | 45 | 32% | 50% | 18% | 4% | Report |
| Sep 2024 to Mar 2025 | 15 May 2025 | 45 | 25% | 70% | 5% | 4% | Report |
| Apr to Sep 2024 | 29 Oct 2024 | 42 | 19% | 78% | 3% | 3% | Report |
| Sep 2023 to Mar 2024 | 23 May 2024 | 42 | 17% | 77% | 6% | 4% | Report |
| Mar to Sep 2023 | 24 Nov 2023 | 42 | 16% | 79% | 5% | 6% | Report |
| Sep 2022 to Mar 2023 | 5 Jul 2023 | 43 | 19% | 76% | 5% | 5% | Report |
| Mar to Sep 2022 | 31 Oct 2022 | 43 | 26% | 70% | 3% | 6% | Report |
| Sep 2021 to Mar 2022 | 27 May 2022 | 43 | 29% | 67% | 4% | 6% | Report |
| Mar to Sep 2021 | 8 Dec 2021 | 42 | 28% | 70% | 2% | 8% | Report |
| Sep 2020 to Mar 2021 | 25 Jun 2021 | 45 | 25% | 70% | 5% | 8% | Report |
| Mar to Sep 2020 | 26 Oct 2020 | 43 | 28% | 64% | 8% | 9% | Report |
| Sep 2019 to Mar 2020 | 29 Apr 2020 | 47 | 21% | 68% | 11% | 9% | Report |
| Apr to Sep 2019 | 29 Oct 2019 | 46 | 28% | 50% | 22% | 16% | Report |
| Sep 2018 to Mar 2019 | 30 Apr 2019 | 45 | 35% | 43% | 21% | 15% | Report |
| Mar to Sep 2018 | 8 Feb 2019 | 45 | 36% | 21% | 43% | 23% | 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.