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Universal Pictures Subscription Television Limited

Registered as UNIVERSAL PICTURES SUBSCRIPTION TELEVISION LIMITED. Company number 05942255. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 30 July 2026.

34days 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 Subscription Television Limited reported that it took an average of 34 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 61% of invoices within 30 days, 31% in 31 to 60 days and 8% after more than 60 days. It said 39% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 42% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. It is unchanged on the same period a year earlier (to 30 June 2025).

Average days to pay, report by report

30 48 Jun 2020 53 Dec 2020 41 Jun 2021 44 Dec 2021 48 Jun 2022 48 Dec 2022 47 Jun 2023 41 Dec 2023 30 Jun 2024 34 Jun 2025 40 Dec 2025 34 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 34 61%31%8%39% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 23 Jan 2026 40 41%46%13%59% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 30 Jul 2025 34 55%38%7%47% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 31 Jan 2025 n/an/an/an/a Report
Jan to Jun 2024 31 Jul 2024 30 0%7%93%100% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 31 Jan 2024 41 60%29%11%39% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 31 Jul 2023 47 62%24%14%41% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 30 Jan 2023 48 51%24%25%48% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 29 Jul 2022 48 41%43%16%61% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 28 Jan 2022 44 48%34%18%56% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 26 Jul 2021 41 57%33%11%43% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 27 Jan 2021 53 63%19%18%40% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 30 Jul 2020 48 52%27%21%52% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 28 Jan 2020 41 62%22%15%38% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 12 Jul 2019 47 53%25%21%47% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 28 Jan 2019 44 57%27%16%45% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 24 Jul 2018 43 61%22%17%47% 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.