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LGC Limited

Registered as LGC LIMITED. Company number 02991879. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 29 October 2026.

46days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 April 2026 to 30 September 2026, LGC Limited reported that it took an average of 46 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 47% of invoices within 30 days, 19% in 31 to 60 days and 34% after more than 60 days. It said 43% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 21% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 30 September 2025, the average was 48 days, so it is 2 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 52 Mar 2021 52 Sep 2021 46 Mar 2022 47 Sep 2022 46 Mar 2023 51 Sep 2023 43 Mar 2024 43 Sep 2024 40 Mar 2025 48 Sep 2025 49 Mar 2026 46 Sep 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
Apr to Sep 2026 29 Oct 2026 46 47%19%34%43% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 13 Apr 2026 49 43%22%35%47% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 28 Oct 2025 48 43%20%37%40% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 15 Apr 2025 40 52%23%25%51% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 28 Oct 2024 43 50%22%28%42% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 30 Apr 2024 43 47%25%27%47% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 26 Oct 2023 51 41%24%36%44% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 28 Apr 2023 46 44%26%31%50% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 17 Oct 2022 47 40%24%36%40% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 19 Apr 2022 46 39%30%31%60% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 13 Oct 2021 52 29%33%38%53% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 15 Apr 2021 52 23%36%41%66% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 2 Nov 2020 52 24%38%38%64% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 29 Apr 2020 58 19%36%45%70% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 29 Oct 2019 55 18%39%43%77% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 29 Apr 2019 50 23%38%39%72% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 30 Oct 2018 52 19%40%41%76% 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.