Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Pearson College Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 07967446 · Education · 11 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2023

30days

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.

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 30 Jun 2023 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 28 Feb 2012
Registered office: 6 MITRE PASSAGE, LONDON, SE10 0ER

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Apr 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30 days. Reported average: 30.

Stated terms30d

on terms

Reported avg30d

At a glance

The key figures

30d

their stated terms

19%

invoices paid outside terms

±5d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 72% of the 303 large companies reporting in education.

The pattern

Holding steady

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d

H2 2020H1 2021H2 2021H1 2022H2 2022H1 2023

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 83% 31–60 days 15% 61+ days 2%

The read · computed from their figures

Pearson College Limited has filed 11 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 30 days against stated terms of 30 days.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±5 days period to period.

In the latest period 19% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 2% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Payment code: Prompt Payment Code Offers e-invoicing

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

30 days from receipt of invoice

Dispute resolution

If the supplier wishes to raise a dispute they should use the below process: Contact the Source to Pay helpdesk by email at [email protected]. Suppliers will receive a ticket number by return email. This team is the first point of contact for supplier queries. Suppliers may contact the Helpdesk with all queries, including disputes. The Helpdesk have full visibility of the invoice status at all times and are well placed to support the supplier in answering their query. This includes escalating the matter to the relevant person in the business as and when required in order for the dispute to be resolved. Should queries not be resolved within an agreed time frame by the Helpdesk, suppliers can escalate their query by emailing [email protected] and quoting the original tick

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2023	30	19%	2%	25 Jul 2023
H2 2022	34	12%	3%	25 Jan 2023
H1 2022	37	15%	5%	29 Jul 2022
H2 2021	40	13%	6%	28 Jan 2022
H1 2021	22	10%	1%	30 Jul 2021
H2 2020	29	0%	0%	30 Jan 2021
H1 2020	26	17%	2%	30 Jul 2020
H2 2019	31	30%	9%	31 Jan 2020
H1 2019	27	38%	8%	30 Jul 2019
H2 2018	29	33%	6%	31 Jan 2019
H1 2018	45	36%	4%	27 Jul 2018

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average is steady — within about ±5 days period to period, around 30 days.

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 30, moving within about ±5 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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