Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Explore Learning Limited pays suppliers in 17 days on average — 10 days past its stated terms

CRN 04117281 · Education · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Dec 2025

17daysavg time to pay · H2 2025

Their H2 2025 filing puts the average 10 days past the 7-day term they state.

Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers

Their stated terms: 7 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 11% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 6%
Reporting period: 1 Jul 2025 – 31 Dec 2025
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 22 Jan 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H2 2025 filing

Paid 10 days past their stated terms

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–40

avg 17d

0 days40 days

reported avg 17 days their filed terms 7 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 89% 31–60 days 5% 61+ days 6%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #106031, period 1 Jul 2025 – 31 Dec 2025, filed 22 Jan 2026 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Explore Learning Limited pays 10 days past its own stated terms. 11% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 6% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H2 2025 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 16 reports

22 → 17 days — getting faster

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 16 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

5 days faster across the window. From 22 days in H1 2023 to 17 in the H2 2025 filing; the dashed line marks the 7-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Explore Learning Limited's H2 2025 filing puts their average at 17 days against stated terms of 7 days; 11% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 6% took 61 days or longer. Filed 22 Jan 2026.

The direction is faster: from 22 days in H1 2023 to 17 now — 5 days faster across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Faster than 82% of the 309 large companies reporting in education.

That is 16 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

30 days

Dispute resolution

Any queries are sent to the department head to resolve directly with the supplier

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2025	17	11%	6%	22 Jan 2026
H1 2025	20	12%	2%	29 Aug 2025
H2 2024	21	17%	8%	23 Jan 2025
H1 2024	20	14%	1%	20 Aug 2024
H2 2023	20	14%	4%	1 Mar 2024
H1 2023	22	16%	4%	26 Jul 2023
H2 2022	24	14%	6%	26 Jan 2023
H1 2022	23	21%	6%	25 Aug 2022
H2 2021	23	33%	6%	3 Mar 2022
H1 2021	27	36%	6%	28 Jul 2021
H2 2020	37	23%	8%	29 Jan 2021
H1 2020	23	37%	2%	30 Jul 2020
H2 2019	24	37%	3%	28 Jan 2020
H1 2019	27	39%	3%	26 Jul 2019
H2 2018	24	42%	3%	2 May 2019
H1 2018	34	33%	8%	23 Aug 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 27 Nov 2000
Registered office: UNIT F7B WHITELEY SHOPPING CENTRE, WHITELEY, PO15 7PD

5 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 17-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 17-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £6,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 17-day cycle — about £3,900 more than the same account would carry at 7-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 · Explore Learning Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 5 days faster over the window (22 → 17 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report puts the average at day 17; across their last 6 reports it ranged 17–22 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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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?

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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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