Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does London School of Economics & Political Science take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00070527 · Education · 2 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Jul 2019

31days

their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period

Around averagevs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

Self-reported figure from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 31 Jul 2019 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Incorporated: 18 Jun 1901
Registered office: LSE, LONDON, WC2A 2AE

4 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Apr 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30 days. Reported average: 31.

Stated terms30d

+1 days

Reported avg31d

At a glance

The key figures

30d

their stated terms

invoices paid outside terms

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 76% of the 303 large companies reporting in education.

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 91% 31–60 days 4% 61+ days 5%

The read · computed from their figures

London School of Economics & Political Science has filed 2 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2019). Their latest report puts the average at 31 days against stated terms of 30 days.

In the latest period 9% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 5% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard terms are 30 days net from receipt of invoice

Dispute resolution

We use a ticketing system to deal with supplier queries and have an SLA of 2 working days for first response, and 5 working days for resolution. Rules are in place to escalate queries to senior staff at 12 and 30 working days. The School recognises its responsibility to deal fairly with its suppliers to ensure that they are able to sustain their businesses. To this end we work to pay all approved invoices in accordance with the agreed terms of payment, which are available on the School’s website.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2019	31	9%	5%	4 Sept 2019
H1 2019	30	9%	5%	4 Sept 2019

Quick answers

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 31. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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How UK payment reporting works

What is a Payment Practices Report?

UK companies and LLPs above a size threshold — broadly, two of: turnover over £54m, balance sheet over £27m, or more than 250 employees — must report twice a year, under the Reporting on Payment Practices and Performance Regulations 2017, how quickly they actually pay suppliers: the average time to pay, the share of invoices paid in 30 days or fewer, 31 to 60 days and 61 days or longer, and their standard payment terms. Those thresholds apply to financial years beginning on or after 6 April 2025; for earlier financial years they were £36m and £18m, with the same 250-employee test.

What does "paid outside agreed terms" mean?

The share of invoices paid later than the terms in the supplier contract. If terms are 30 days and an invoice is paid on day 45, it counts as paid outside terms, regardless of the headline average.

How often is this data updated?

Each report covers a six-month period and must be filed within 30 days of that period ending, so a company's record refreshes roughly twice a year. PaidLate re-reads the register as new reports are filed.

Is this official government data?

The underlying payment figures come from the company's own statutory filings on the gov.uk payment-practices service; company-status data comes from Companies House. PaidLate calculates trends, comparisons and summaries from those records. It does not use surveys or credit-agency scores.

How this is compiled. Built from official records only: Companies House and the gov.uk payment-practices service. The payment figures are self-reported — companies over the size threshold must file them by law and the board signs them off. No credit-agency data. The numbers are theirs; the plain-English read is ours. This is information compiled from public records under the Open Government Licence v3.0 — not a credit rating and not advice.

The 31-day comparison figure is the median across 6,185 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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