Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Field Studies Council take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00412621 · Education · 8 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Dec 2022

26days

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.

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 31 Dec 2022 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Incorporated: 13 Jun 1946
Registered office: PRESTON MONTFORD, SHREWSBURY, SY4 1HW

4 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 1 Oct 2026

Open the full record at Companies House.

Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 45 days. Reported average: 26.

Stated terms45d

-19 days

Reported avg26d

At a glance

The key figures

45d

their stated terms

invoices paid outside terms

-19d

faster over the window

±10d

variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 55% of the 303 large companies reporting in education.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 45d

H1 2019H2 2019H1 2020H2 2020H1 2021H2 2022

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 66% 31–60 days 27% 61+ days 7%

The read · computed from their figures

Field Studies Council has filed 8 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 26 days against stated terms of 45 days.

The direction is faster: from 45 to 26 days over the window — about 19 days faster.

In the latest period 7% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 7% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Our standard payment terms are 45 days from the date of the invoice

Dispute resolution

Any disputes regarding invoices are escalated by the Finance Department to the relevant Manager. Should the dispute not be resolved at this level, it will be escalated to the Financial Controller

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2022	26	7%	7%	1 Feb 2023
H1 2021	32	7%	7%	3 Sept 2021
H2 2020	36	26%	13%	3 Sept 2021
H1 2020	45	8%	3%	27 Jul 2020
H2 2019	45	8%	4%	28 Jan 2020
H1 2019	45	8%	2%	29 Jul 2019
H2 2018	45	15%	8%	25 Jan 2019
H1 2018	45	15%	5%	30 Jul 2018

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 19 days faster over the window (45 → 26 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 26, moving within about ±10 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

Can I see what this means for my invoices?

Run the live check — it re-reads their record and their live Companies House file, on the amount you invoice.

Stay ahead

Watch Field Studies Council (free)

Their next payment report is due ≈ 29 Jul 2023. We watch their public record and email you when something changes — a new payment report, late filings, insolvency markers, new charges.

You’ll get a confirmation email first. Unsubscribe any time. How we handle your address.

More large companies in education

Faringdon Academy of Schools · Finham Park Multi-academy Trust · Falmouth Exeter Plus · Focus Academy Trust (UK) Ltd · Eynsham Partnership Academy · Fort Pitt Thomas Aveling Academies

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).

Report PL-00412621 · latest period to 31 Dec 2022

Verify the original Companies House file

Built by YORXEN LTD · registered in England & Wales · CRN 17303256 · privacy · terms.