Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Wakefield Grammar School Foundation take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 04258359 · Education · 4 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Jul 2019

27days

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.

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 31 Jul 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: PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Incorporated: 24 Jul 2001
Registered office: GOVERNORS' OFFICE GREEN HOUSE, WAKEFIELD, WF1 3UF

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 May 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30–61 days. Reported average: 27.

Stated terms30–61d

-3 days

Reported avg27d

At a glance

The key figures

30–61d

their stated terms

18%

invoices paid outside terms

±1d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 59% of the 303 large companies reporting in education.

The pattern

Holding steady

Average days to pay across their last 4 statutory reports.

terms 30d

H1 2018H1 2018H1 2019H1 2019

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 67% 31–60 days 29% 61+ days 4%

The read · computed from their figures

Wakefield Grammar School Foundation has filed 4 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 27 days against stated terms of 30–61 days.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±1 days period to period.

In the latest period 18% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 4% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Most of our suppliers require payment within 30 days of invoice, though a small number of suppliers do have 7 day or 14 day terms or terms allowing payment at the end of the month following invoice. We endeavour to process and pay suppliers invoices within a 30 day timeframe (or sooner if required), as we are aware that many of our small local suppliers rely upon prompt payment for their business cash flow.

Dispute resolution

Suppliers chasing missing payments normally contact the Purchase Ledger Administrator (PLA) who would then ask the supplier to send a copy of the missing invoices. The PLA then contacts the budget holder who ordered the goods/services to either obtain authorisation to pay the invoice (if it was a simple matter of an invoice going astray) or for the budget holder to advise if there is any dispute.

Other information

The Foundation has a robust cash flow and positive bank balances. We therefore make every effort to pay promptly and keep within suppliers payment terms. However, as we are a school, many of the budget holders who would authorise payment of particular invoices are unavailable outside of term time and therefore some delays may occur with educational invoices over the school holiday periods.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2019	27	18%	4%	29 Aug 2019
H1 2019	28	17%	5%	28 Feb 2019
H1 2018	26	17%	4%	29 Aug 2018
H1 2018	27	15%	4%	27 Feb 2018

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average is steady — within about ±1 days period to period, around 27 days.

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 27, moving within about ±1 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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