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London and South East University Group

Registered as LONDON AND SOUTH EAST UNIVERSITY GROUP. Company number 00986729. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 July 2026, filed 25 August 2026.

34days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 February 2026 to 31 July 2026, London and South East University Group reported that it took an average of 34 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 80% of invoices within 30 days, 10% in 31 to 60 days and 10% after more than 60 days. It said 20% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 42% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 31 July 2025, the average was 39 days, so it is 5 days faster now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses at a standard rate of 5%.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 46 Jan 2021 37 Jul 2021 37 Jan 2022 38 Jul 2022 56 Jan 2023 49 Jul 2023 42 Jan 2024 36 Jul 2024 40 Jan 2025 39 Jul 2025 31 Jan 2026 34 Jul 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
Feb to Jul 2026 25 Aug 2026 34 80%10%10%20% Report
Aug 2025 to Jan 2026 27 Feb 2026 31 82%11%7%18% Report
Feb to Jul 2025 26 Aug 2025 39 79%11%10%21% Report
Aug 2024 to Jan 2025 21 Feb 2025 40 77%13%10%23% Report
Feb to Jul 2024 22 Aug 2024 36 79%12%9%21% Report
Aug 2023 to Jan 2024 15 Feb 2024 42 70%15%15%30% Report
Feb to Jul 2023 30 Aug 2023 49 67%15%18%33% Report
Aug 2022 to Jan 2023 16 Feb 2023 56 42%30%28%58% Report
Feb to Jul 2022 24 Aug 2022 38 64%22%14%23% Report
Aug 2021 to Jan 2022 18 Feb 2022 37 71%17%12%23% Report
Feb to Jul 2021 16 Aug 2021 37 74%15%11%21% Report
Aug 2020 to Jan 2021 24 Feb 2021 46 66%19%15%26% Report
Feb to Jul 2020 1 Sep 2020 45 64%17%19%26% Report
Aug 2019 to Jan 2020 28 Feb 2020 39 62%26%12%31% Report
Feb to Jul 2019 28 Aug 2019 38 67%21%12%26% Report
Aug 2018 to Jan 2019 26 Feb 2019 39 62%25%13%31% Report
Feb to Jul 2018 20 Aug 2018 36 71%19%10%23% Report
Aug 2017 to Jan 2018 1 Mar 2018 39 49%41%10%45% 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.