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London & South Eastern Railway Limited

Registered as LONDON & SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY LIMITED. Company number 04860660. 9 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 1 January 2022, filed 25 January 2022.

31days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 4 July 2021 to 1 January 2022, London & South Eastern Railway Limited reported that it took an average of 31 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 79% of invoices within 30 days, 17% in 31 to 60 days and 4% after more than 60 days. It said 14% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

A year earlier, in the period to 2 January 2021, the average was 32 days, so it is 1 day 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 38 Dec 2017 38 Jun 2018 37 Dec 2018 36 Jun 2019 35 Dec 2019 32 Jun 2020 32 Jan 2021 31 Jul 2021 31 Jan 2022

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 2021 to Jan 2022 25 Jan 2022 31 79%17%4%14% Report
Jan to Jul 2021 23 Jul 2021 31 79%16%5%13% Report
Jun 2020 to Jan 2021 26 Jan 2021 32 76%19%5%15% Report
Dec 2019 to Jun 2020 17 Jul 2020 32 75%21%4%7% Report
Jun to Dec 2019 17 Jan 2020 35 69%21%9%22% Report
Dec 2018 to Jun 2019 25 Jul 2019 36 64%31%5%13% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 25 Jan 2019 37 43%49%8%13% Report
Dec 2017 to Jun 2018 23 Jul 2018 38 40%52%8%14% Report
Jul to Dec 2017 29 Jan 2018 38 43%50%7%14% 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.