Our payment performance on invoices
We are committed to paying our suppliers promptly and transparently reporting how we perform.
Under the Procurement Act 2023, councils must publish information about how quickly they pay invoices related to public contracts. This information is published as a payments compliance notice.
Payments compliance reporting (Procurement Act 2023)
Section 69(1) of the Procurement Act 2023 requires a contracting authority to publish a payments compliance notice within 30 days of the end of each reporting period, where a payment was made or became payable under a public contract during that period.
Lewisham Council publishes its payments compliance notices every six months on the Government’s central digital platform, Find a Tender.
How payment performance is reported
Reporting periods
Six monthly periods ending 31 March and 30 September.
Information published
Each payments compliance notice includes:
- the average time taken to pay invoices
- the percentage of invoices paid:
- within 30 days
- between 31 and 60 days
- in 61 days or more
- confirmation of compliance with section 68(2) of the Procurement Act 2023
Where it is published
All statutory payment performance information is published on Find a Tender.
View our payments compliance notices
Payments compliance notices are published on Find a Tender under notice type UK17:
Previous reporting arrangements
Before the Procurement Act 2023 came into force, payment performance was reported under regulation 113 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
Under those rules, councils were required to calculate and publish an estimate of late payment interest. The Procurement Act 2023 removed this requirement, so late payment interest figures are no longer reported.
The information below reflects the Council’s final reporting period under regulation 113. It is provided for background and transparency only and will not be updated.
Historic payment performance (Regulation 113 - Public Contracts Regulations 2015)
The table below shows the Council’s historic prompt payment performance published in accordance with regulation 113 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
This information is no longer updated.
| Financial year | Percentage of invoices paid within 30 days* | Interest (£s) actually paid to suppliers | Interest (£s) potentially liable to pay** |
| 2024/25 | 68% | £219,828.88 | £3,242,374.94 |
| 2023/24 | 70% | £2,187.23 | £2,311,606.19 |
| 2022/23 | 75% | £655.92 | £1,787,002.13 |
| 2021/22 | 73% | £2,087.87 | £1,188,878.62 |
| 2020/21 | 70% | £0.00 | £1,145,668.30 |
| 2019/20 | 82% | £14,013.00 | £1,287,986.90 |
Notes
* The percentage of invoices paid within 30 days relates to the number of invoices paid rather than their value.
** This data includes invoices that may have been in dispute, this value is therefore an overestimate of the potential interest. It is calculated by an analysis of the number of days late the invoices were paid and applying the interest rate at 8% over the Bank of England base rate for the 6-month period in which the debt becomes late.