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How long does Millfield take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00522385 · Education · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 28 Feb 2026

23days
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
4 Aug 1953
Registered office
MILLFIELD, SOMERSET, BA16 0YD
6 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 May 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 28 days. Reported average: 23.

Stated terms28d
-5 days
Reported avg23d

At a glance

The key figures

28d
their stated terms
36%
invoices paid outside terms
-5d
faster over the window
±1d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 63% of the 303 large companies reporting in education.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 28d
28
24
24
22
23
23
H1 2023H1 2024H1 2024H1 2025H1 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 82% 31–60 days 13% 61+ days 5%

The read · computed from their figures

Millfield has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 23 days against stated terms of 28 days.

The direction is faster: from 28 to 23 days over the window — about 5 days faster.

In the latest period 36% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 5% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Millfield is committed to meeting its obligation as they fall due. The standard payment term is net 28 days. Suppliers with alternative payment dates are used and agreement to non standard payment terms is based upon the discretion of the budget holder, custom and practice, size of supplier and nature of product or service being provided.

Dispute resolution

When the Finance office is made aware of a dispute the budget holder is notified. The budget holder is responsible for following up and resolving any disputes with the supplier. Where the budget holder is unable to resolve the dispute, assistance will be sought from the Finance Controller, Finance Director , and Legal advisors as appropriate.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20262336%5%31 Mar 2026
H1 20252337%5%30 Sept 2025
H1 20252234%4%17 Apr 2025
H1 20242430%6%30 Sept 2024
H1 20242430%6%28 Mar 2024
H1 20232846%8%29 Sept 2023
H1 20233167%6%31 Mar 2023
H1 20223674%9%30 Sept 2022
H1 20223673%9%31 Mar 2022
H1 20213380%5%30 Sept 2021
H1 20213781%7%31 Mar 2021
H1 20204183%14%1 Oct 2020
H1 20202953%5%26 Mar 2020
H1 20192826%4%30 Sept 2019
H1 20192425%4%29 Mar 2019
H1 20182728%4%27 Sept 2018
H1 20182732%4%29 Mar 2018

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 5 days faster over the window (28 → 23 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 23, moving within about ±1 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
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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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