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Universal Pictures Entertainment Productions Limited

Registered as UNIVERSAL PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT PRODUCTIONS LIMITED. Company number 08329779. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 30 July 2026.

23days 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 Entertainment Productions Limited reported that it took an average of 23 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 75% of invoices within 30 days, 18% in 31 to 60 days and 7% after more than 60 days. It said 62% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 72% 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 63 days, so it is 40 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 41 Dec 2020 32 Jun 2021 28 Dec 2021 20 Jun 2022 26 Dec 2022 29 Jun 2023 30 Dec 2023 54 Jun 2024 68 Dec 2024 63 Jun 2025 34 Dec 2025 23 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 23 75%18%7%62% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 29 Jan 2026 34 57%24%19%76% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 31 Jul 2025 63 34%33%33%50% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 31 Jan 2025 68 55%25%20%60% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 31 Jul 2024 54 50%19%31%46% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 31 Jan 2024 30 63%25%12%53% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 31 Jul 2023 29 82%15%3%24% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 30 Jan 2023 26 75%18%8%32% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 29 Jul 2022 20 75%25%0%50% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 28 Jan 2022 28 17%83%0%100% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 28 Jul 2021 32 0%100%0%100% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 28 Jan 2021 41 0%75%25%100% Report
Jan to Jan 2020 30 Jul 2020 43 53%19%28%67% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 28 Jan 2020 13 71%29%0%59% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 12 Nov 2019 71 0%33%67%100% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 28 Jan 2019 49 40%0%60%60% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 24 Jul 2018 46 0%67%33%100% 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.