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Postcode Lottery Limited

Registered as POSTCODE LOTTERY LIMITED. Company number 04862732. 15 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 30 July 2026.

24days 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, Postcode Lottery Limited reported that it took an average of 24 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 87% of invoices within 30 days, 13% in 31 to 60 days and 0% after more than 60 days. It said 13% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 69% 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 19 days, so it is 5 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 21 Dec 2020 19 Jun 2021 23 Dec 2021 22 Jun 2022 21 Dec 2022 25 Jun 2023 19 Dec 2023 21 Jun 2024 20 Dec 2024 19 Jun 2025 24 Dec 2025 24 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 30 Jul 2026 24 87%13%0%13% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 29 Jan 2026 24 82%18%0%18% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 17 Jul 2025 19 88%12%0%12% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 17 Jan 2025 20 88%11%1%12% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 16 Jul 2024 21 91%9%0%9% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 12 Feb 2024 19 88%12%0%12% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 20 Oct 2023 25 69%27%3%31% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 31 Jan 2023 21 86%14%0%14% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 14 Jul 2022 22 83%16%1%17% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 31 Jan 2022 23 77%23%0%23% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 19 Jul 2021 19 90%10%0%10% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 29 Jan 2021 21 85%15%0%15% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 31 Jul 2020 20 87%12%1%13% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 31 Jan 2020 21 87%12%1%13% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 30 Jul 2019 22 83%16%1%16% 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.