Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does The Langley Academy Trust take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 05358533 · Education · 12 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Aug 2023

18days

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 Aug 2023 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: 9 Feb 2005
Registered office: THE LANGLEY ACADEMY, SLOUGH, SL3 7EF

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 May 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30 days. Reported average: 18.

Stated terms30d

-12 days

Reported avg18d

At a glance

The key figures

30d

their stated terms

17%

invoices paid outside terms

-4d

faster over the window

±2d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Faster than 79% of the 303 large companies reporting in education.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d

H1 2021H1 2021H1 2022H1 2022H1 2023H1 2023

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 83% 31–60 days 14% 61+ days 3%

The read · computed from their figures

The Langley Academy Trust has filed 12 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 18 days against stated terms of 30 days.

The direction is faster: from 22 to 18 days over the window — about 4 days faster.

In the latest period 17% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 3% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Invoices are paid fortnightly, within 30 days of invoice date

Dispute resolution

Any disputes are resolved by negotiation involving accounts payable and relevant parties

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2023	18	17%	3%	26 Sept 2023
H1 2023	21	18%	3%	21 Mar 2023
H1 2022	22	29%	7%	29 Sept 2022
H1 2022	22	23%	3%	15 Mar 2022
H1 2021	21	22%	3%	30 Sept 2021
H1 2021	22	24%	3%	29 Mar 2021
H1 2020	22	23%	2%	30 Sept 2020
H1 2020	18	17%	2%	25 Mar 2020
H1 2019	25	30%	7%	30 Sept 2019
H1 2019	26	38%	6%	28 Mar 2019
H1 2018	22	30%	4%	27 Sept 2018
H1 2018	21	19%	4%	26 Mar 2018

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 4 days faster over the window (22 → 18 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 18, moving within about ±2 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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