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How long does Bright Horizons Family Solutions Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 02328679 · Education · 5 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

38days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Slower than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

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

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On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
15 Dec 1988
Registered office
BRITANNIA HOUSE, NORTHAMPTON, NN4 7YB
2 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30 days. Reported average: 38.

Stated terms30d
+8 days
Reported avg38d

At a glance

The key figures

30d
their stated terms
15%
invoices paid outside terms
+3d
slower over the window
±7d
variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 92% of the 303 large companies reporting in education.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 5 statutory reports.

terms 30d
35
24
33
30
38
H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 78% 31–60 days 16% 61+ days 6%

The read · computed from their figures

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Limited has filed 5 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2024). Their latest report puts the average at 38 days against stated terms of 30 days.

The direction is slower: from 35 to 38 days over the window — about 3 days slower.

In the latest period 15% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 6% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Bright Horizons Family Solutions are committed to paying all approved, valid and undisputed invoices within agreed payment terms. Our most frequently used payment terms for qualifying contracts are 30 days net of invoice date.

Dispute resolution

Disputes can be raised by Accounts Payable, Procurement, or the cost centre owner, and are resolved via three way matching between purchase orders and invoices. Disputes are managed by a team of Accounts Payable Clerks, and escalated if necessary to the Accounts Payable Manager. Causes for dispute might include, but not limited to the following: - Incorrect purchase order - Invalid invoice format - Goods or Service not received - Price variances - Incorrect tax treatment

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20263815%6%28 Jul 2026
H2 2025300%5%28 Jan 2026
H1 20253319%5%6 Aug 2025
H2 20242420%4%31 Jan 2025
H1 20243529%7%29 Jul 2024

Working-capital effect

What a 38-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 38-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £15,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 38-day cycle — about £3,200 more than the same account would carry at 30-day terms.

Late Payment Act. The Late Payment of Commercial Debts Act lets a supplier charge statutory interest and fixed compensation on invoices paid past agreed terms. Work out what a late invoice is worth → Whether it applies depends on your contract — check with an adviser.

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 3 days slower over the window (35 → 38 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 38, moving within about ±7 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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