Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk
Stowe School,Limited pays suppliers in 23 days on average — within its stated 7–90 day terms
Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 16 days past the shortest term they state (7 days), still within their 90-day upper term.
- Their stated terms
- 7–90 days
- Paid outside agreed terms
- 16% of invoices
- Paid after 61+ days
- 2%
- Reporting period
- 1 Mar 2026 – 31 Aug 2026
- Source
- their gov.uk filing, filed 25 Sept 2026
Self-reported figures from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.
Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing
Paid within their stated range — 23 against 7–90 days
Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices
The pattern · last 6 of 18 reports
Holding steady around 23 days
The read · computed from their figures
Stowe School,Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 23 days against stated terms of 7–90 days; 16% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 2% took 61 days or longer. Filed 25 Sept 2026.
The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±2 days period to period.
On the latest reported averages: Faster than 59% of the 309 large companies reporting in education.
That is 18 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.
In their own words · from the filing
Standard payment terms
Out standard payment period is 30 days from the invoice date, unless invoice states otherwise. Small local suppliers and contractors tent to have shorted payment terms of 7 or 14 days. The 90 days payment period relates to suppliers who are required to fulfil their service during the length of the school term.
Dispute resolution
Suppliers are provided with an email address and contact telephone 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.
| Period | Avg days | Outside terms | 61+ days | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H1 2026 | 23 | 16% | 2% | 25 Sept 2026 |
| H1 2026 | 22 | 15% | 2% | 27 Mar 2026 |
| H1 2025 | 24 | 19% | 3% | 30 Sept 2025 |
| H1 2025 | 25 | 20% | 3% | 25 Mar 2025 |
| H1 2024 | 25 | 17% | 3% | 30 Sept 2024 |
| H1 2024 | 25 | 18% | 5% | 18 Mar 2024 |
| H1 2023 | 26 | 17% | 4% | 28 Sept 2023 |
| H1 2023 | 29 | 21% | 0% | 23 Mar 2023 |
| H1 2022 | 30 | 24% | 7% | 2 Nov 2022 |
| H1 2022 | 29 | 28% | 5% | 31 Mar 2022 |
| H1 2021 | 25 | 17% | 4% | 1 Oct 2021 |
| H1 2021 | 28 | 16% | 4% | 29 Mar 2021 |
| H1 2020 | 29 | 19% | 6% | 30 Sept 2020 |
| H1 2020 | 25 | 14% | 3% | 11 Mar 2020 |
| H1 2019 | 25 | 13% | 3% | 27 Sept 2019 |
| H1 2019 | 26 | 13% | 3% | 18 Mar 2019 |
| H1 2018 | 25 | 11% | 3% | 21 Sept 2018 |
| H1 2018 | 22 | 10% | 2% | 23 Mar 2018 |
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
Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic
What a 23-day cycle ties up
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