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Glaxosmithkline UK Limited

Registered as GLAXOSMITHKLINE UK LIMITED. Company number 04310159. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 22 July 2026.

41days 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, Glaxosmithkline UK Limited reported that it took an average of 41 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 37% of invoices within 30 days, 58% in 31 to 60 days and 5% after more than 60 days. It said 2% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 27% 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 38 days, so it is 3 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 53 Dec 2020 50 Jun 2021 45 Dec 2021 53 Jun 2022 53 Dec 2022 47 Jun 2023 48 Dec 2023 51 Jun 2024 45 Dec 2024 38 Jun 2025 36 Dec 2025 41 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 22 Jul 2026 41 37%58%5%2% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 26 Jan 2026 36 38%58%4%1% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 29 Jul 2025 38 31%63%6%2% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 31 Jan 2025 45 24%73%3%2% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 30 Jul 2024 51 20%69%11%2% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 30 Jan 2024 48 26%67%7%4% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 27 Jul 2023 47 33%56%11%5% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 27 Jan 2023 53 25%49%26%7% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 28 Jul 2022 53 22%72%6%4% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 28 Jan 2022 45 34%58%8%4% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 29 Jul 2021 50 25%64%11%4% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 28 Jan 2021 53 26%48%26%3% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 29 Jul 2020 73 14%8%78%7% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 29 Jan 2020 72 13%3%84%3% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 30 Jul 2019 76 9%3%88%6% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 31 Jan 2019 75 9%6%85%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 30 Jul 2018 78 7%5%88%7% 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.