Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Lighthouse Learning Trust pays suppliers in 37 days on average — 7 days past its stated terms

CRN 10819176 · Education · 3 statutory reports on record · period to 28 Feb 2026

37daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 7 days past the 30-day term they state.

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

Their stated terms: 30 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 0% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 12%
Reporting period: 1 Sept 2025 – 28 Feb 2026
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 20 Mar 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid 7 days past their stated terms

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

avg 37d

0 days40 days

reported avg 37 days their filed terms 30 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 50% 31–60 days 38% 61+ days 12%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #109890, period 1 Sept 2025 – 28 Feb 2026, filed 20 Mar 2026 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Lighthouse Learning Trust pays 7 days past its own stated terms. 0% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 12% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2026 filing.

The pattern · last 3 of 3 reports

45 → 37 days — getting faster

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 3 of 3 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

8 days faster across the window. From 45 days in H1 2025 to 37 in the H1 2026 filing; the dashed line marks the 30-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Lighthouse Learning Trust's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 37 days against stated terms of 30 days; 0% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 12% took 61 days or longer. Filed 20 Mar 2026.

The direction is faster: from 45 days in H1 2025 to 37 now — 8 days faster across their last 3 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 92% of the 309 large companies reporting in education.

That is 3 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2025) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

30 days from date of invoice or delivery of goods or services, whichever is the later

Dispute resolution

The Trust has a complaints policy and process which is publicised on Trust and college websites with links to facilitate submitting feedback and complaints. We aim to provide an initial reply to complaints within 5 working days. Please see our policy webpage for more information on the complaints process. The complaints and feedback form is open to all. Complaints and disputes are assigned to appropriate senior managers and tracked to resolution.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	37	0%	12%	20 Mar 2026
H1 2025	47	68%	19%	18 Sept 2025
H1 2025	45	61%	22%	12 Aug 2025

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Incorporated: 14 Jun 2017
Registered office: LIGHTHOUSE LEARNING TRUST ST VINCENT COLLEGE, GOSPORT, PO12 4QA

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 May 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 37-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 37-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £14,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 37-day cycle — about £2,800 more than the same account would carry at 30-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 · Lighthouse Learning Trust

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 8 days faster over the window (45 → 37 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report puts the average at day 37; across their last 3 reports it ranged 37–47 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?

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

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