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How long does Stowe School,limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00187251 · Education · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 28 Feb 2026

22days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

Self-reported figure from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.

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On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Incorporated
20 Jan 1923
Registered office
STOWE SCHOOL, BUCKINGHAM, MK18 5EH
4 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 May 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 7–90 days. Reported average: 22.

Stated terms7–90d
+15 days
Reported avg22d

At a glance

The key figures

7–90d
their stated terms
15%
invoices paid outside terms
-4d
faster over the window
±2d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 67% of the 303 large companies reporting in education.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 7d
26
25
25
25
24
22
H1 2023H1 2024H1 2024H1 2025H1 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 84% 31–60 days 14% 61+ days 2%

The read · computed from their figures

Stowe School,limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 22 days against stated terms of 7–90 days.

The direction is faster: from 26 to 22 days over the window — about 4 days faster.

In the latest period 15% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 2% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Our standard payment period is 30 days from the invoice date, unless otherwise stated on the invoice. Small local suppliers and contractors have shorter payment terms of 7 or 14 days. The 90 days payment period relates to suppliers who need to fulfill their service during the length of the school term.

Dispute resolution

Suppliers are provided with an email address and tel number of the Accounts Payable department on the remittances sent via email and credit application forms. The AP department will receive and acknowledge receipt of the disputes within 24h and request any further information and documentation needed to support the dispute. If internal investigation is required the supplier will be informed that this action is being taken and will receive a response within 3 working days. If the supplier is not satisfied with the resolution by the AP department the dispute is escalated to the Financial Controller for further investigation.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20262215%2%27 Mar 2026
H1 20252419%3%30 Sept 2025
H1 20252520%3%25 Mar 2025
H1 20242517%3%30 Sept 2024
H1 20242518%5%18 Mar 2024
H1 20232617%4%28 Sept 2023
H1 20232921%0%23 Mar 2023
H1 20223024%7%2 Nov 2022
H1 20222928%5%31 Mar 2022
H1 20212517%4%1 Oct 2021
H1 20212816%4%29 Mar 2021
H1 20202919%6%30 Sept 2020
H1 20202514%3%11 Mar 2020
H1 20192513%3%27 Sept 2019
H1 20192613%3%18 Mar 2019
H1 20182511%3%21 Sept 2018
H1 20182210%2%23 Mar 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 22-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 22-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £8,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 22-day cycle — about £5,900 more than the same account would carry at 7-day terms.

Late Payment Act. The Late Payment of Commercial Debts Act lets a supplier charge statutory interest and fixed compensation on invoices paid past agreed terms. Work out what a late invoice is worth → Whether it applies depends on your contract — check with an adviser.

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 4 days faster over the window (26 → 22 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 22, moving within about ±2 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
Can I see what this means for my invoices?
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How UK payment reporting works

What is a Payment Practices Report?
UK companies and LLPs above a size threshold — broadly, two of: turnover over £54m, balance sheet over £27m, or more than 250 employees — must report twice a year, under the Reporting on Payment Practices and Performance Regulations 2017, how quickly they actually pay suppliers: the average time to pay, the share of invoices paid in 30 days or fewer, 31 to 60 days and 61 days or longer, and their standard payment terms. Those thresholds apply to financial years beginning on or after 6 April 2025; for earlier financial years they were £36m and £18m, with the same 250-employee test.
What does "paid outside agreed terms" mean?
The share of invoices paid later than the terms in the supplier contract. If terms are 30 days and an invoice is paid on day 45, it counts as paid outside terms, regardless of the headline average.
How often is this data updated?
Each report covers a six-month period and must be filed within 30 days of that period ending, so a company's record refreshes roughly twice a year. PaidLate re-reads the register as new reports are filed.
Is this official government data?
The underlying payment figures come from the company's own statutory filings on the gov.uk payment-practices service; company-status data comes from Companies House. PaidLate calculates trends, comparisons and summaries from those records. It does not use surveys or credit-agency scores.

How this is compiled. Built from official records only: Companies House and the gov.uk payment-practices service. The payment figures are self-reported — companies over the size threshold must file them by law and the board signs them off. No credit-agency data. The numbers are theirs; the plain-English read is ours. This is information compiled from public records under the Open Government Licence v3.0 — not a credit rating and not advice.

The 31-day comparison figure is the median across 6,185 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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