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How long does Postcode Lottery Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 04862732 · Arts & entertainment · 15 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

24days
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.

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On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
11 Aug 2003
Registered office
C/O BDO LLP TWO SNOWHILL, BIRMINGHAM, B4 6GA
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30 days. Reported average: 24.

Stated terms30d
-6 days
Reported avg24d

At a glance

The key figures

30d
their stated terms
13%
invoices paid outside terms
+5d
slower over the window
±3d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 73% of the 74 large companies reporting in arts & entertainment.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d
19
21
20
19
24
24
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 87% 31–60 days 13% 61+ days 0%

The read · computed from their figures

Postcode Lottery Limited has filed 15 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2019). Their latest report puts the average at 24 days against stated terms of 30 days.

The direction is slower: from 19 to 24 days over the window — about 5 days slower.

In the latest period 13% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 0% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Postcode Lottery Ltd. standard payment terms are 30 days from receipt of a valid invoice. Payments of due invoices are made on a weekly basis.

Dispute resolution

Postcode Lottery Ltd. aim to resolve invoice and payment disputes or queries as quickly as possible. Once an invoice dispute is received, we aim to resolve this immediately at the point of contact with the accounts payable team. If this is not possible, the query will be escalated to the business contact. When resolved, the invoice will be available for payment on the next standard payment run.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20262413%0%30 Jul 2026
H2 20252418%0%29 Jan 2026
H1 20251912%0%17 Jul 2025
H2 20242012%1%17 Jan 2025
H1 2024219%0%16 Jul 2024
H2 20231912%0%12 Feb 2024
H1 20232531%3%20 Oct 2023
H2 20222114%0%31 Jan 2023
H1 20222217%1%14 Jul 2022
H2 20212323%0%31 Jan 2022
H1 20211910%0%19 Jul 2021
H2 20202115%0%29 Jan 2021
H1 20202013%1%31 Jul 2020
H2 20192113%1%31 Jan 2020
H1 20192216%1%30 Jul 2019

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 5 days slower over the window (19 → 24 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 24, moving within about ±3 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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