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Merlin Attractions Operations Limited

Registered as MERLIN ATTRACTIONS OPERATIONS LIMITED. Company number 06272935. 16 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 December 2025, filed 30 January 2026.

33days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 July 2025 to 31 December 2025, Merlin Attractions Operations Limited reported that it took an average of 33 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 40% of invoices within 30 days, 57% in 31 to 60 days and 3% after more than 60 days. It said 44% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 44% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 31 December 2024, the average was 31 days, so it is 2 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 42 Jun 2020 53 Dec 2020 67 Jun 2021 52 Dec 2021 54 Jun 2022 48 Dec 2022 45 Jun 2023 31 Dec 2023 31 Jun 2024 31 Dec 2024 30 Jun 2025 33 Dec 2025

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
Jul to Dec 2025 30 Jan 2026 33 40%57%3%44% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 30 Jul 2025 30 51%46%3%21% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 29 Jan 2025 31 50%47%3%26% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 29 Jul 2024 31 54%39%7%24% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 29 Jan 2024 31 47%46%7%24% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 31 Jul 2023 45 38%48%14%29% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 30 Jan 2023 48 31%53%16%35% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 29 Jul 2022 54 27%52%21%45% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 28 Jan 2022 52 18%62%20%48% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 30 Jul 2021 67 26%53%21%62% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 29 Jan 2021 53 31%53%16%65% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 31 Jul 2020 42 36%49%15%85% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 30 Jan 2020 44 30%58%12%70% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 30 Jul 2019 41 24%67%9%62% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 28 Jan 2019 42 30%61%9%62% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 30 Jul 2018 55 23%65%12%69% 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.