Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Lens-Online Limited paid suppliers in 47 days on average — within its stated 1–60 day terms

CRN 03757517 · Administrative & support services · 14 statutory reports on record · period to 28 Feb 2025

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 28 Feb 2025 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

47daysavg time to pay · H1 2025

Their H1 2025 filing put the average 46 days past the shortest term they state (1 days), still within their 60-day upper term.

Their stated terms: 1–60 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 23% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 10%
Reporting period: 1 Sept 2024 – 28 Feb 2025
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 7 Mar 2025

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2025 filing

Paid within their stated range — 47 against 1–60 days

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–65

avg 47d

0 days65 days

reported avg 47 days their filed terms 1–60 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 38% 31–60 days 52% 61+ days 10%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #96343, period 1 Sept 2024 – 28 Feb 2025, filed 7 Mar 2025 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Lens-Online Limited paid within its stated range, 46 days past the shortest term. 23% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 10% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2025 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 14 reports

Held steady around 47 days

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 14 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

Steady around 47 days. Their reported average has moved within about ±9 days period to period; the dashed line marks the 1-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Lens-Online Limited's H1 2025 filing put their average at 47 days against stated terms of 1–60 days; 23% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 10% took 61 days or longer. Filed 7 Mar 2025.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±9 days period to period.

That is 14 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard Payment Terms are 30 days - however with our main global suppliers, extended terms are agreed, for example 30 days end of month or 60 Days, due to delivery of goods outside the UK from regions such as Asia

Dispute resolution

All disputed invoices are referred back to the supplier to address and resolve. A disputed invoice is processed in our Accounting System and flagged as Disputed to ensure it is not picked up on the payment run. Once resolved and approved, the dispute flag is removed, allowing the invoice to be paid.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2025	47	23%	10%	7 Mar 2025
H1 2024	44	12%	4%	9 Sept 2024
H1 2024	47	20%	5%	19 Mar 2024
H1 2023	62	26%	20%	29 Sept 2023
H1 2023	47	18%	10%	17 Mar 2023
H1 2022	49	22%	7%	26 Sept 2022
H1 2022	44	39%	13%	25 Mar 2022
H1 2021	47	37%	16%	23 Sept 2021
H1 2021	44	36%	14%	19 Mar 2021
H1 2020	43	49%	13%	14 Sept 2020
H1 2020	37	24%	6%	24 Mar 2020
H1 2019	34	28%	3%	19 Sept 2019
H1 2019	35	40%	3%	28 Mar 2019
H1 2018	39	44%	7%	30 Sept 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 22 Apr 1999
Registered office: FORUM 6, PARKWAY, FAREHAM, PO15 7PA

1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Nov 2026

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 47-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 47-day vs a 1-day payment cycle.

≈ £18,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 47-day cycle — about £18,100 more than the same account would carry at 1-day terms.

Late Payment Act. The Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 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 · Lens-Online Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average was steady — within about ±9 days period to period, around 47 days.

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports averaged around day 47, moving within about ±9 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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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.

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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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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