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Pearson Shared Services Limited

Registered as PEARSON SHARED SERVICES LIMITED. Company number 04623186. 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 Shared Services Limited reported that it took an average of 32 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 86% of invoices within 30 days, 7% in 31 to 60 days and 7% after more than 60 days. It said 28% 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 37 days, so it is 5 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 32 Dec 2020 30 Jun 2021 34 Dec 2021 31 Jun 2022 30 Dec 2022 34 Jun 2023 35 Dec 2023 43 Jun 2024 34 Dec 2024 37 Jun 2025 37 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 86%7%7%28% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 26 Jan 2026 37 80%10%10%22% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 29 Jul 2025 37 70%13%17%32% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 28 Jan 2025 34 78%16%6%20% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 22 Jul 2024 43 62%24%14%36% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 29 Jan 2024 35 72%20%8%28% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 25 Jul 2023 34 71%24%5%28% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 17 Jan 2023 30 88%9%3%16% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 25 Jul 2022 31 80%15%5%22% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 28 Jan 2022 34 82%12%6%18% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 27 Jul 2021 30 98%2%0%45% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 28 Jan 2021 32 85%13%2%20% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 30 Jul 2020 17 85%12%4%63% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 31 Jan 2020 34 80%8%12%63% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 30 Jul 2019 30 70%28%2%34% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 30 Jan 2019 35 65%22%13%66% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 27 Jul 2018 29 77%17%6%60% 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.