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Harpercollins Publishers Limited

Registered as HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS LIMITED. Company number SC027389. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 28 June 2026, filed 7 July 2026.

29days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 29 December 2025 to 28 June 2026, Harpercollins Publishers Limited reported that it took an average of 29 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 74% of invoices within 30 days, 18% in 31 to 60 days and 8% after more than 60 days. It said 1% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 55% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 27 June 2025, the average was 28 days, so it is 1 day slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 29 Dec 2020 27 Jun 2021 29 Dec 2021 29 Jul 2022 30 Jan 2023 30 Jul 2023 29 Dec 2023 27 Jun 2024 26 Dec 2024 28 Jun 2025 29 Dec 2025 29 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
Dec 2025 to Jun 2026 7 Jul 2026 29 74%18%8%1% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 27 Jan 2026 29 66%27%7%1% Report
Dec 2024 to Jun 2025 11 Jul 2025 28 72%21%7%0% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 24 Jan 2025 26 81%15%4%1% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 14 Jul 2024 27 70%25%5%1% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 29 Jan 2024 29 65%29%6%1% Report
Jan to Jul 2023 28 Jul 2023 30 63%30%7%1% Report
Jul 2022 to Jan 2023 30 Jan 2023 30 65%27%8%1% Report
Dec 2021 to Jul 2022 1 Aug 2022 29 67%26%7%1% Report
Jun to Dec 2021 25 Jan 2022 29 66%25%9%1% Report
Dec 2020 to Jun 2021 23 Jul 2021 27 74%19%7%1% Report
Jun to Dec 2020 26 Jan 2021 29 68%24%8%1% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 21 Jul 2020 27 69%24%7%1% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 30 Jan 2020 30 63%29%8%1% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 29 Jul 2019 29 75%18%7%1% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 30 Jan 2019 36 58%25%17%46% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 27 Jul 2018 33 66%25%9%6% Report
Jul to Dec 2017 29 Jan 2018 37 53%31%16%4% 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.