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Universal Pictures Group (UK) Limited

Registered as UNIVERSAL PICTURES GROUP (UK) LIMITED. Company number 04409694. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 30 July 2026.

24days 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 Group (UK) Limited reported that it took an average of 24 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 81% of invoices within 30 days, 11% in 31 to 60 days and 8% after more than 60 days. It said 97% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 69% 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 10 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 28 Dec 2020 93 Jun 2021 24 Dec 2021 46 Jun 2022 40 Dec 2022 44 Jun 2023 59 Dec 2023 55 Jun 2024 33 Dec 2024 34 Jun 2025 156 Dec 2025 24 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 24 81%11%8%97% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 29 Jan 2026 156 7%2%91%100% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 31 Jul 2025 34 74%16%10%98% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 31 Jan 2025 33 79%13%8%28% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 31 Jul 2024 55 58%20%22%52% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 31 Jan 2024 59 54%23%22%60% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 31 Jul 2023 44 61%19%20%52% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 30 Jan 2023 40 65%6%29%41% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 29 Jul 2022 46 63%18%19%64% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 28 Jan 2022 24 79%14%6%68% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 26 Jul 2021 93 41%26%33%64% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 27 Jan 2021 28 47%10%43%66% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 30 Jul 2020 161 43%17%40%71% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 28 Jan 2020 51 66%15%19%46% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 22 Jul 2019 64 58%19%23%56% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 28 Jan 2019 43 65%19%16%40% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 24 Jul 2018 93 34%16%50%68% 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.