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How long does Berkhamsted Schools Group take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00622349 · Education · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Jan 2026

37days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Slower 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
5 Mar 1959
Registered office
6 CHESHAM ROAD, BERKHAMSTED, HP4 3AA
7 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Apr 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 15–45 days. Reported average: 37.

Stated terms15–45d
+22 days
Reported avg37d

At a glance

The key figures

15–45d
their stated terms
1%
invoices paid outside terms
±4d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 90% of the 303 large companies reporting in education.

The pattern

Holding steady

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 15d
37
43
33
41
35
37
H1 2023H1 2024H1 2024H1 2025H1 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 54% 31–60 days 35% 61+ days 11%

The read · computed from their figures

Berkhamsted Schools Group has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 37 days against stated terms of 15–45 days.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±4 days period to period.

In the latest period 1% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 11% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard payment terms are 30 days

Dispute resolution

Payment disputes are normally received by the purchase ledge clerk and escalated to the Finance Director. Usually these are very minor issues relating to small value invoices that have not been settled on time to avoid the account being placed on hold. If the invoice can be verified an ad hoc payment will be made to lift the hold on the account.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2026371%11%7 Apr 2026
H1 2025351%10%27 Oct 2025
H1 2025411%18%18 Feb 2025
H1 2024331%9%18 Oct 2024
H1 2024431%19%3 Apr 2024
H1 2023371%11%25 Oct 2023
H1 2023381%13%28 Mar 2023
H1 2022331%9%11 Oct 2022
H1 2022342%13%18 Mar 2022
H1 2021320%9%4 Oct 2021
H1 2021330%9%16 Feb 2021
H1 2020320%10%13 Oct 2020
H1 2020310%7%19 Feb 2020
H1 2019300%6%17 Oct 2019
H1 2019361%10%25 Feb 2019
H1 2018355%10%21 Dec 2018
H1 2018371%9%2 Mar 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 37-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 37-day vs a 15-day payment cycle.

≈ £14,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 37-day cycle — about £8,700 more than the same account would carry at 15-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 is steady — within about ±4 days period to period, around 37 days.
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 37, moving within about ±4 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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