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Red Bee Media Limited

Registered as RED BEE MEDIA LIMITED. Company number 04257461. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 27 July 2026.

55days 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, Red Bee Media Limited reported that it took an average of 55 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 29% of invoices within 30 days, 37% in 31 to 60 days and 34% after more than 60 days. It said 24% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 12% 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 60 days, so it is 5 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 55 Dec 2020 56 Jun 2021 60 Dec 2021 57 Jun 2022 72 Dec 2022 64 Jun 2023 60 Dec 2023 59 Jun 2024 61 Dec 2024 60 Jun 2025 56 Dec 2025 55 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 27 Jul 2026 55 29%37%34%24% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 23 Jan 2026 56 30%35%35%21% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 17 Jul 2025 60 29%34%37%20% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 20 Jan 2025 61 30%36%34%24% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 23 Jul 2024 59 28%39%33%20% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 25 Jan 2024 60 27%37%35%29% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 25 Jul 2023 64 22%37%41%32% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 24 Jan 2023 72 23%37%40%38% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 20 Jul 2022 57 23%41%36%25% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 26 Jan 2022 60 26%38%36%29% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 28 Jul 2021 56 22%32%46%19% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 27 Jan 2021 55 20%42%38%21% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 29 Jul 2020 58 21%44%35%16% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 24 Jan 2020 52 29%39%32%17% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 17 Jul 2019 58 26%35%39%21% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 24 Jan 2019 49 30%40%30%21% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 25 Jul 2018 53 30%36%34%20% 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.