Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Skills and Work Solutions Limited pays suppliers in 23 days on average — within its stated 7–30 day terms

CRN 03918013 · Education · 15 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Sept 2026

23daysavg time to pay · H2 2026

Their H2 2026 filing puts the average 16 days past the shortest term they state (7 days), still within their 30-day upper term.

Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers

Their stated terms: 7–30 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 5% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 3%
Reporting period: 1 Apr 2026 – 30 Sept 2026
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 2 Oct 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H2 2026 filing

Paid within their stated range — 23 against 7–30 days

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–40

avg 23d

0 days40 days

reported avg 23 days their filed terms 7–30 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 95% 31–60 days 2% 61+ days 3%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #117259, period 1 Apr 2026 – 30 Sept 2026, filed 2 Oct 2026 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Skills and Work Solutions Limited pays within its stated range, 16 days past the shortest term. 5% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 3% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H2 2026 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 15 reports

17 → 23 days — slowing down

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 15 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

6 days slower across the window. From 17 days in H1 2024 to 23 in the H2 2026 filing; the dashed line marks the 7-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Skills and Work Solutions Limited's H2 2026 filing puts their average at 23 days against stated terms of 7–30 days; 5% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 3% took 61 days or longer. Filed 2 Oct 2026.

The direction is slower: from 17 days in H1 2024 to 23 now — 6 days slower across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Faster than 59% of the 309 large companies reporting in education.

That is 15 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing 5% 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.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2026	23	5%	3%	2 Oct 2026
H1 2026	23	3%	2%	8 Apr 2026
H2 2025	23	6%	4%	6 Oct 2025
H1 2025	17	2%	1%	4 Apr 2025
H2 2024	19	2%	1%	17 Oct 2024
H1 2024	17	2%	1%	5 Apr 2024
H2 2022	14	14%	8%	7 Dec 2022
H1 2022	10	17%	5%	27 May 2022
H2 2021	9	18%	5%	27 May 2022
H1 2021	11	22%	7%	19 May 2021
H2 2020	14	30%	5%	4 Nov 2020
H1 2020	19	24%	8%	8 Jul 2020
H2 2019	19	32%	2%	10 Jan 2020
H1 2019	17	55%	1%	14 Jun 2019
H2 2018	22	43%	5%	17 Dec 2018

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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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 23-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. 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 (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 · Skills and Work Solutions Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 6 days slower over the window (17 → 23 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report puts the average at day 23; across their last 6 reports it ranged 17–23 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.

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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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