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How long does Bell Concord Educational Trust Limited(the) take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 01503040 · Education · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 28 Feb 2026

29days
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
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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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 0–62 days. Reported average: 29.

Stated terms0–62d
+29 days
Reported avg29d

At a glance

The key figures

0–62d
their stated terms
8%
invoices paid outside terms
-3d
faster over the window
±2d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 68% of the 303 large companies reporting in education.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

32
31
31
29
27
29
H1 2023H1 2023H1 2024H1 2024H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 61% 31–60 days 38% 61+ days 1%

The read · computed from their figures

Bell Concord Educational Trust Limited(the) has filed 16 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 29 days against stated terms of 0–62 days.

The direction is faster: from 32 to 29 days over the window — about 3 days faster.

In the latest period 8% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 1% landed 61+ days out.

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
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

Working-capital effect

What a 29-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 29-day vs a 0-day payment cycle.

≈ £11,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 29-day cycle — about £11,400 more than the same account would carry at 0-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 has moved about 3 days faster over the window (32 → 29 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 29, moving within about ±2 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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