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Lightspeed Research Ltd.

Registered as LIGHTSPEED RESEARCH LTD.. Company number 03958994. 11 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2023, filed 31 July 2023.

40days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 January 2023 to 30 June 2023, Lightspeed Research Ltd. reported that it took an average of 40 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 45% of invoices within 30 days, 27% in 31 to 60 days and 29% after more than 60 days. It said 51% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

A year earlier, in the period to 30 June 2022, the average was 44 days, so it is 4 days faster now.

This company has not filed a report for a period ending since May 2025, so it is not in our current tables. Companies stop reporting when they no longer meet the size test, are restructured or close.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 51 Jun 2018 37 Dec 2018 31 Jun 2019 30 Dec 2019 39 Jun 2020 41 Dec 2020 40 Jun 2021 39 Dec 2021 44 Jun 2022 39 Dec 2022 40 Jun 2023

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 2023 31 Jul 2023 40 45%27%29%51% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 31 Jan 2023 39 36%43%21%46% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 1 Aug 2022 44 31%44%25%63% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 26 Jan 2022 39 36%43%21%51% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 26 Jul 2021 40 36%43%21%56% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 28 Jan 2021 41 26%51%23%58% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 31 Jul 2020 39 40%38%22%48% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 5 Jan 2020 30 58%34%9%15% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 8 Jul 2019 31 56%35%10%13% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 29 Jan 2019 37 47%37%16%20% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 27 Jul 2018 51 22%46%32%36% 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.