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Pfizer R&D UK Limited

Registered as PFIZER R&D UK LIMITED. Company number 11439437. 13 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 May 2026, filed 16 June 2026.

59days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 December 2025 to 31 May 2026, Pfizer R&D UK Limited reported that it took an average of 59 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 22% of invoices within 30 days, 6% in 31 to 60 days and 72% after more than 60 days. It said 7% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 8% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 31 May 2025, the average was 65 days, so it is 6 days faster now. It reported construction contracts in this period, with no retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 68 Nov 2020 69 May 2021 63 Nov 2021 62 May 2022 65 Nov 2022 66 May 2023 65 Nov 2023 67 May 2024 64 Nov 2024 65 May 2025 73 Nov 2025 59 May 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
Dec 2025 to May 2026 16 Jun 2026 59 22%6%72%7% Report
Jun to Nov 2025 9 Dec 2025 73 9%5%86%7% Report
Dec 2024 to May 2025 12 Jun 2025 65 16%5%79%4% Report
Jun to Nov 2024 9 Dec 2024 64 11%6%83%1% Report
Dec 2023 to May 2024 25 Jun 2024 67 7%10%83%1% Report
Jun to Nov 2023 12 Dec 2023 65 6%8%86%1% Report
Dec 2022 to May 2023 26 Jun 2023 66 7%6%87%2% Report
Jun to Nov 2022 19 Dec 2022 65 9%8%83%2% Report
Dec 2021 to May 2022 30 Jun 2022 62 7%6%86%1% Report
Jun to Nov 2021 15 Dec 2021 63 8%19%73%1% Report
Dec 2020 to May 2021 30 Jun 2021 69 5%4%91%1% Report
Jun to Nov 2020 11 Jan 2021 68 6%5%89%4% Report
Dec 2019 to May 2020 30 Jun 2020 68 4%10%84%2% 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.