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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Bell Concord Educational Trust Limited(THE) pays suppliers in 29 days on average — inside its 62-day stated terms

CRN 01503040 · Education · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Sept 2026

29daysavg time to pay · H2 2026

Their H2 2026 filing puts the average 33 days inside their stated 62-day term.

Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
62 days
Paid outside agreed terms
12% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
1%
Reporting period
1 Mar 2026 – 30 Sept 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 5 Oct 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H2 2026 filing

Paid 33 days inside the 62-day term they state

The pattern · last 6 of 17 reports

Holding steady around 29 days

The read · computed from their figures

Bell Concord Educational Trust Limited(THE)'s H2 2026 filing puts their average at 29 days against stated terms of 62 days; 12% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 1% took 61 days or longer. Filed 5 Oct 2026.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±1 days period to period.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 69% of the 309 large companies reporting in education.

That is 17 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

1% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Our standard payment terms are 30 days. Other suppliers are paid on the terms negotiated which are either mid-month following the month of the invoice date (maximum of 46 days payment terms) or the end of the month thereafter (maximum of 62 days payment terms).

Dispute resolution

Disputes are resolved by the relevant department through negotiation with the supplier and the respective accounts payable, credit control departments or purchasing and sales teams. If a dispute cannot be resolved, it is passed to the Accountant, and if it remains unresolved, it is passed to the Assistant Bursar (Finance) and then to the Bursar.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H2 20262912%1%5 Oct 2026
H1 2026298%1%31 Mar 2026
H2 2025277%1%31 Oct 2025
H1 2024297%3%28 Nov 2024
H1 20243112%5%18 Mar 2024
H1 20233112%3%26 Sept 2023
H1 20233216%8%17 Mar 2023
H1 20223519%8%11 Oct 2022
H1 20223815%13%11 Oct 2022
H1 20214313%17%11 Oct 2022
H1 20213013%8%11 Oct 2022
H1 2020187%1%28 Sept 2020
H1 20201917%2%30 Mar 2020
H1 20193436%5%27 Sept 2019
H1 20192639%1%10 Apr 2019
H1 20182642%2%5 Oct 2018
H1 20182843%2%4 Apr 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
19 Jun 1980
Registered office
ACTON BURNELL HALL, SHREWSBURY, SY5 7PF
3 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 May 2027

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Quick answers · Bell Concord Educational Trust Limited(THE)

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average is steady — within about ±1 days period to period, around 29 days.
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 29, moving within about ±1 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
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What does "paid outside agreed terms" mean?
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Is this official government data?
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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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