Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does The London Metal Exchange take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 02128666 · Financial services · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

18days

their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period

Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

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

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Unlimited Company
Incorporated: 6 May 1987
Registered office: 10 FINSBURY SQUARE, LONDON, EC2A 1AJ

0 outstanding charges on the register

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30 days. Reported average: 18.

Stated terms30d

-12 days

Reported avg18d

At a glance

The key figures

30d

their stated terms

17%

invoices paid outside terms

±1d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Faster than 67% of the 661 large companies reporting in financial services.

The pattern

Holding steady

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d

H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 92% 31–60 days 7% 61+ days 1%

The read · computed from their figures

The London Metal Exchange has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 18 days against stated terms of 30 days.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±1 days period to period.

In the latest period 17% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 1% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Our most frequently used payment terms for qualifying contracts require payment within 30 days

Dispute resolution

Our policy is to make payment in accordance with the terms of any contract in place. In the event of a dispute, the person or department responsible for the contract will seek to resolve any dispute with the supplier. If that is unsuccessful, the dispute resolution process set out in the contract will be followed.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	18	17%	1%	22 Jul 2026
H2 2025	19	15%	2%	16 Jan 2026
H1 2025	20	22%	1%	30 Jul 2025
H2 2024	18	16%	1%	23 Jan 2025
H1 2024	17	14%	0%	30 Jul 2024
H2 2023	18	14%	1%	23 Jan 2024
H1 2023	22	24%	3%	24 Jul 2023
H2 2022	20	27%	2%	24 Jan 2023
H1 2022	22	25%	3%	26 Jul 2022
H2 2021	21	16%	3%	26 Jan 2022
H1 2021	23	25%	4%	28 Jul 2021
H2 2020	27	40%	9%	28 Jan 2021
H1 2020	29	44%	8%	30 Jul 2020
H2 2019	17	19%	2%	30 Jan 2020
H1 2019	19	30%	3%	26 Jul 2019
H2 2018	17	31%	2%	29 Jan 2019
H1 2018	21	18%	4%	30 Jul 2018

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average is steady — within about ±1 days period to period, around 18 days.

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 18, moving within about ±1 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

Can I see what this means for my invoices?

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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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