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How long does Priory Education Services Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 06244880 · Education · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 28 Feb 2026

31days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Around averagevs 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
11 May 2007
Registered office
2 BARTON CLOSE, GROVE PARK, LEICESTER, LE19 1SJ
3 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 May 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 7–45 days. Reported average: 31.

Stated terms7–45d
+24 days
Reported avg31d

At a glance

The key figures

7–45d
their stated terms
17%
invoices paid outside terms
±3d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 76% of the 303 large companies reporting in education.

The pattern

Holding steady

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 7d
29
22
34
29
31
31
H1 2023H1 2024H1 2024H1 2025H1 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 68% 31–60 days 26% 61+ days 6%

The read · computed from their figures

Priory Education Services Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 31 days against stated terms of 7–45 days.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±3 days period to period.

In the latest period 17% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 6% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

As an organisation we do not require or make available early settlement discounts as part of any contractual agreement. Standard payment terms updated in this submission to be the contracted standard.

Dispute resolution

Disputes relating to payments of invoices are referred to the Accounts Payable Team located at the Aspris Finance office, 10 Pioneer Court, Darlington in the first instance to determine the reasons for such disputes. Thereafter follows an established process involving discussions with the supplier in question, operational teams, Procurement and other central support services personnel as needed in an effort to satisfactorily resolve such disputes in a timely manner.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20263117%6%27 Mar 2026
H1 20253117%6%26 Sept 2025
H1 20252917%5%28 Mar 2025
H1 20243421%6%30 Sept 2024
H1 20242216%7%28 Mar 2024
H1 20232919%7%2 Oct 2023
H1 20233529%9%31 Mar 2023
H1 20223828%9%30 Sept 2022
H1 20223628%11%29 Jul 2022
H2 20213922%12%26 Jan 2022
H1 20213823%10%28 Jul 2021
H2 20203919%11%28 Jan 2021
H1 20203222%8%28 Jul 2020
H2 20193421%8%29 Jan 2020
H1 20193421%10%24 Jul 2019
H2 20183947%11%28 Jan 2019
H1 20183850%11%25 Jul 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 31-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 31-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £12,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 31-day cycle — about £9,500 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 is steady — within about ±3 days period to period, around 31 days.
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 31, 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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