Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Bolton School Services Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 02783995 · Other services · 4 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Aug 2019

28days

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.

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 31 Aug 2019 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 27 Jan 1993
Registered office: BOLTON SCHOOL, BOLTON, BL1 4PA

1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 May 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 5–45 days. Reported average: 28.

Stated terms5–45d

+23 days

Reported avg28d

At a glance

The key figures

5–45d

their stated terms

45%

invoices paid outside terms

-7d

faster over the window

±4d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Faster than 58% of the 118 large companies reporting in other services.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 4 statutory reports.

terms 5d

H1 2018H1 2018H1 2019H1 2019

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 52% 31–60 days 47% 61+ days 1%

The read · computed from their figures

Bolton School Services Limited has filed 4 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 28 days against stated terms of 5–45 days.

The direction is faster: from 35 to 28 days over the window — about 7 days faster.

In the latest period 45% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 1% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

The standard payment terms for Bolton School Services Ltd is 45 days from the date of the invoice. However, when a new supplier is identified, this can be varied in conjunction with the supplier. Local suppliers and individuals usually have reduced payment terms. Once payment terms have been agreed with a supplier, they very rarely change.

Dispute resolution

Payments are approved by the relevant budget holder before being processed for payment. If there is a dispute with a supplier, it should be raised with the relevant manager in the first instance. if they are unable to resolve the situation it should be passed to the Services Bursar.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2019	28	45%	1%	27 Jan 2020
H1 2019	33	44%	2%	31 Jul 2019
H1 2018	36	53%	2%	31 Jul 2019
H1 2018	35	39%	1%	28 Mar 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 28-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 28-day vs a 5-day payment cycle.

≈ £11,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 28-day cycle — about £9,100 more than the same account would carry at 5-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 7 days faster over the window (35 → 28 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 28, moving within about ±4 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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