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How long does Skills and Work Solutions Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 03918013 · Education · 14 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2026

23days
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
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
2 Feb 2000
Registered office
LEE HOUSE, MANCHESTER, M1 5JW
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Dec 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 7–30 days. Reported average: 23.

Stated terms7–30d
+16 days
Reported avg23d

At a glance

The key figures

7–30d
their stated terms
3%
invoices paid outside terms
+9d
slower over the window
±3d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 63% of the 303 large companies reporting in education.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 7d
14
17
19
17
23
23
H2 2022H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 97% 31–60 days 1% 61+ days 2%

The read · computed from their figures

Skills and Work Solutions Limited has filed 14 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 23 days against stated terms of 7–30 days.

The direction is slower: from 14 to 23 days over the window — about 9 days slower.

In the latest period 3% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 2% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing 3% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Our standard payment terms are 30 days from the date of invoice.

Dispute resolution

The business would notify the supplier by telephone or email (providing the invoice number in question) of the dispute so resolution can be made and a credit note raised if applicable by the supplier. The invoice would not be approved by the business if it is in dispute thus preventing it from being paid.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2026233%2%8 Apr 2026
H2 2025236%4%6 Oct 2025
H1 2025172%1%4 Apr 2025
H2 2024192%1%17 Oct 2024
H1 2024172%1%5 Apr 2024
H2 20221414%8%7 Dec 2022
H1 20221017%5%27 May 2022
H2 2021918%5%27 May 2022
H1 20211122%7%19 May 2021
H2 20201430%5%4 Nov 2020
H1 20201924%8%8 Jul 2020
H2 20191932%2%10 Jan 2020
H1 20191755%1%14 Jun 2019
H2 20182243%5%17 Dec 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 23-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 23-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £9,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 23-day cycle — about £6,300 more than the same account would carry at 7-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 9 days slower over the window (14 → 23 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 23, moving within about ±3 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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