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Magenta Living

Registered as MAGENTA LIVING. Company number 04912562. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 23 October 2026.

36days on average to pay

  • Within 30 days
  • 31 to 60 days
  • Over 60 days

In the reporting period from 1 April 2026 to 30 September 2026, Magenta Living reported that it took an average of 36 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 78% of invoices within 30 days, 14% in 31 to 60 days and 8% after more than 60 days. It said 22% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 37% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 30 September 2025, the average was 53 days, so it is 17 days faster now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses at a standard rate of 3%.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 9 Mar 2021 21 Sep 2021 36 Mar 2022 41 Sep 2022 42 Mar 2023 43 Sep 2023 49 Mar 2024 46 Sep 2024 62 Mar 2025 53 Sep 2025 45 Mar 2026 36 Sep 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
Apr to Sep 2026 23 Oct 2026 36 78%14%8%22% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 28 Apr 2026 45 73%15%12%27% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 30 Oct 2025 53 58%22%20%42% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 11 Nov 2025 62 56%19%25%44% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 24 Oct 2024 46 61%23%16%39% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 14 May 2024 49 63%19%18%37% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 12 Oct 2023 43 64%20%15%36% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 25 Apr 2023 42 67%20%13%33% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 18 Oct 2022 41 76%14%10%24% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 6 May 2022 36 76%15%9%24% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 29 Oct 2021 21 88%7%5%12% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 19 Apr 2021 9 99%1%0%1% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 20 Oct 2020 17 92%4%4%8% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 28 Apr 2020 37 71%16%13%29% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 30 Oct 2019 28 80%14%6%20% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 7 May 2019 41 72%15%13%28% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 31 Oct 2018 30 77%16%7%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.