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Pearson Education Limited

Registered as PEARSON EDUCATION LIMITED. Company number 00872828. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 27 July 2026.

32days on average to pay

  • Within 30 days
  • 31 to 60 days
  • Over 60 days

In the reporting period from 1 January 2026 to 30 June 2026, Pearson Education Limited reported that it took an average of 32 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 93% of invoices within 30 days, 5% in 31 to 60 days and 2% after more than 60 days. It said 6% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 47% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 30 June 2025, the average was 26 days, so it is 6 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 21 Dec 2020 30 Jun 2021 27 Dec 2021 26 Jun 2022 26 Dec 2022 26 Jun 2023 23 Dec 2023 27 Jun 2024 27 Dec 2024 26 Jun 2025 29 Dec 2025 32 Jun 2026

Bars are labelled with the month the period ended. The dashed line marks 30 days.

Every report filed

PeriodFiledAverage daysWithin 30 days31 to 60Over 60Not within termsSource
Jan to Jun 2026 27 Jul 2026 32 93%5%2%6% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 26 Jan 2026 29 94%4%2%5% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 29 Jul 2025 26 94%4%2%8% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 28 Jan 2025 27 93%5%2%7% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 22 Jul 2024 27 85%13%2%15% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 25 Jan 2024 23 95%3%2%29% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 20 Jul 2023 26 89%10%1%11% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 18 Jan 2023 26 96%3%1%7% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 28 Jul 2022 26 94%5%1%8% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 28 Jan 2022 27 89%9%2%11% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 27 Jul 2021 30 82%14%4%22% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 27 Jan 2021 21 91%7%2%48% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 30 Jul 2020 21 88%8%4%47% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 31 Jan 2020 21 87%10%3%48% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 30 Jul 2019 25 83%11%6%44% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 30 Jan 2019 29 76%2%22%33% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 26 Jul 2018 30 77%16%7%43% Report

Source: the company's filings on Check payment practices. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are as filed. We do not change them.