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Bellerbys Educational Services Limited pays suppliers in 54 days on average — 9 days past its stated terms

CRN 02325576 · Education · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

54daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 9 days past the 45-day term they state.

Slower than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
45 days
Paid outside agreed terms
0% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
38%
Reporting period
1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 21 Sept 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid 9 days past their stated terms

The pattern · last 6 of 17 reports

19 → 54 days — slowing down

The read · computed from their figures

Bellerbys Educational Services Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 54 days against stated terms of 45 days; 0% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 38% took 61 days or longer. Filed 21 Sept 2026.

The direction is slower: from 19 days in H2 2023 to 54 now — 35 days slower across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 99% 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.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard contractual payment terms are 45 days. Payments terms are agreed with suppliers in advance of supply. The company will accept supplier terms if the supplier does not agree to the standard terms, for example in the case of subcontractors and individuals. The maximum contractual payments terms are 45 days. For large building / maintenance contracts stage payments and terms are agreed with the supplier in advance

Dispute resolution

Queries should be emailed to Finance. Queries are monitored and managed by the Accounts Payable team andresponded to within 48 hours. Unresolved queries are escalated to the Accounts Payable Manager and subsequently to the Head of Shared Services.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2026540%38%21 Sept 2026
H2 2025252%4%26 Jan 2026
H1 2025370%11%23 Jul 2025
H2 20243085%2%4 Feb 2025
H1 20242037%1%6 Aug 2024
H2 20231926%1%6 Aug 2024
H1 20232030%1%6 Aug 2024
H2 20221727%1%6 Aug 2024
H1 20222035%1%6 Aug 2024
H2 20212049%1%17 Mar 2022
H1 20212641%3%17 Aug 2021
H2 20202448%2%17 Aug 2021
H1 20202459%2%17 Aug 2021
H2 20192454%2%17 Aug 2021
H1 20192760%3%16 Jul 2019
H2 20182566%2%16 Jul 2019
H1 20182563%3%26 Sept 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
6 Dec 1988
Registered office
BRITANNIA HOUSE, BRIGHTON, BN1 4DE
1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 54-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 54-day vs a 45-day payment cycle.

≈ £21,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 54-day cycle — about £3,500 more than the same account would carry at 45-day terms.

Late Payment Act. The Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 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 · Bellerbys Educational Services Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 35 days slower over the window (19 → 54 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report puts the average at day 54; across their last 6 reports it ranged 19–54 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?
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.
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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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