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The Royal Academy of Arts

Registered as THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS. Company number 06298947. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 28 February 2026, filed 17 April 2026.

13days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 September 2025 to 28 February 2026, The Royal Academy of Arts reported that it took an average of 13 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 97% of invoices within 30 days, 3% in 31 to 60 days and 0% after more than 60 days. It said 19% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 92% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 28 February 2025, the average was 15 days, so it is 2 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 21 Aug 2020 18 Feb 2021 18 Aug 2021 14 Feb 2022 19 Aug 2022 14 Feb 2023 18 Aug 2023 12 Feb 2024 13 Aug 2024 15 Feb 2025 13 Aug 2025 13 Feb 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
Sep 2025 to Feb 2026 17 Apr 2026 13 97%3%0%19% Report
Mar to Aug 2025 26 Sep 2025 13 98%2%0%49% Report
Sep 2024 to Feb 2025 24 Mar 2025 15 97%2%1%44% Report
Mar to Aug 2024 23 Sep 2024 13 99%1%0%44% Report
Sep 2023 to Feb 2024 27 Mar 2024 12 97%3%0%51% Report
Mar to Aug 2023 29 Sep 2023 18 95%2%3%43% Report
Sep 2022 to Feb 2023 27 Mar 2023 14 96%3%1%34% Report
Mar to Aug 2022 30 Sep 2022 19 96%2%2%31% Report
Sep 2021 to Feb 2022 17 Mar 2022 14 96%3%1%36% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 29 Sep 2021 18 95%3%2%33% Report
Sep 2020 to Feb 2021 25 Mar 2021 18 95%2%3%41% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 17 Sep 2020 21 83%12%5%36% Report
Sep 2019 to Feb 2020 17 Sep 2020 24 84%12%4%42% Report
Sep 2018 to Aug 2019 1 Oct 2019 22 81%16%3%56% Report
Sep 2018 to Feb 2019 29 Mar 2019 24 79%16%5%53% Report
Mar to Aug 2018 28 Sep 2018 22 83%12%5%61% Report
Sep 2017 to Feb 2018 28 Mar 2018 13 93%6%1%62% 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.