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Explore Learning Limited

Registered as EXPLORE LEARNING LIMITED. Company number 04117281. 16 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 December 2025, filed 22 January 2026.

17days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 July 2025 to 31 December 2025, Explore Learning Limited reported that it took an average of 17 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 89% of invoices within 30 days, 5% in 31 to 60 days and 6% after more than 60 days. It said 11% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 86% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 31 December 2024, the average was 21 days, so it is 4 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 23 Jun 2020 37 Dec 2020 27 Jun 2021 23 Dec 2021 23 Jun 2022 24 Dec 2022 22 Jun 2023 20 Dec 2023 20 Jun 2024 21 Dec 2024 20 Jun 2025 17 Dec 2025

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
Jul to Dec 2025 22 Jan 2026 17 89%5%6%11% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 29 Aug 2025 20 88%10%2%12% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 23 Jan 2025 21 83%9%8%17% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 20 Aug 2024 20 86%13%1%14% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 1 Mar 2024 20 86%10%4%14% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 26 Jul 2023 22 84%12%4%16% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 26 Jan 2023 24 86%8%6%14% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 25 Aug 2022 23 79%15%6%21% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 3 Mar 2022 23 69%25%6%33% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 28 Jul 2021 27 79%15%6%36% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 29 Jan 2021 37 84%8%8%23% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 30 Jul 2020 23 84%14%2%37% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 28 Jan 2020 24 80%17%3%37% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 26 Jul 2019 27 79%17%3%39% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 2 May 2019 24 85%12%3%42% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 23 Aug 2018 34 67%25%8%33% 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.