How fast companies registered in Lambeth pay their suppliers
31 large companies and LLPs with a registered office in Lambeth have filed a payment practices report for a period ending since May 2025. The typical one takes 33 days to pay an invoice, 2 days longer than the UK figure of 31 days.
33 daysTypical average time to pay (median)
63%Typical share of invoices paid within 30 days
3Companies averaging more than 60 days
11%Typical share not paid within agreed terms
Each company's latest report, for periods ending between 31 July 2025 and 30 September 2026. Location is the registered office on the Companies House register, which is not always where a company trades or employs people. Of the 26 council areas in London with at least five filers, Lambeth ranks ninth for the longest typical time to pay, where first is the slowest.
Every Lambeth company, slowest first
Most invoices paid late
- Harsco Metals Group Limited84%
- Wework International Limited61%
- Shell Chemicals U.K. Limited50%
- By Development Limited35%
- Supply Chain Coordination Limited31%
- Academy Music Group Limited29%
- Shell Tunisia Upstream Limited28%
- Oasis Community Learning24%
- VSL Systems (UK) Limited23%
- Enterprise Oil Limited21%
Share of invoices not paid within the terms agreed with the supplier.
Construction and retentions
6 reported construction contracts in their latest period, and 4 said those contracts hold back retention money, typically at 5%.
- Oasis Community Learning5%
- Bouygues (U.K.) Limitedrate not given
- By Development Limitedrate not given
- VSL Systems (UK) Limitedrate not given
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Source: payment practices reports filed by each company under the Reporting on Payment Practices and Performance Regulations, published by the Department for Business and Trade on Check payment practices, Open Government Licence v3.0. Registered office from Companies House. Data as filed to 3 November 2026.