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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Canford School,Limited pays suppliers in 28 days on average — inside its 45-day stated terms

CRN 00190956 · Education · 15 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Jan 2026

28daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 17 days inside their stated 45-day term.

Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
45 days
Paid outside agreed terms
12% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
1%
Reporting period
1 Aug 2025 – 31 Jan 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 19 Feb 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid 17 days inside the 45-day term they state

The pattern · last 6 of 15 reports

Holding steady around 28 days

The read · computed from their figures

Canford School,Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 28 days against stated terms of 45 days; 12% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 1% took 61 days or longer. Filed 19 Feb 2026.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±3 days period to period.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 65% of the 309 large companies reporting in education.

That is 15 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2019) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard payment terms for new suppliers are 45 days.

Dispute resolution

Disputes are resolved by negotiation involving the relevant parties.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20262812%1%19 Feb 2026
H1 20252814%3%20 Oct 2025
H1 20252633%3%23 May 2025
H1 20243118%2%21 Oct 2024
H1 20243332%4%5 Jul 2024
H1 20233028%2%2 Oct 2023
H1 20233030%1%17 Apr 2023
H1 20223222%1%6 Sept 2022
H1 20223123%1%26 Apr 2022
H1 20212918%2%9 Aug 2021
H1 20213022%1%9 Feb 2021
H1 20202716%3%11 Aug 2020
H1 20202725%1%5 May 2020
H1 2019308%1%8 Aug 2019
H1 20192825%4%5 Mar 2019

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Incorporated
27 Jun 1923
Registered office
THE BURSARY, WIMBORNE, BH21 3AD
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Apr 2027

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Quick answers · Canford School,Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average is steady — within about ±3 days period to period, around 28 days.
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 28, moving within about ±3 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
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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.
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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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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