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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Future Academies pays suppliers in 15 days on average — right on its stated terms

CRN 06543442 · Education · 11 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Aug 2026

15daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average right on the 15-day term they state.

Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
15–30 days
Paid outside agreed terms
15% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
0%
Reporting period
1 Mar 2026 – 31 Aug 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 30 Sept 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid right on the 15-day term they state

The pattern · last 6 of 11 reports

70 → 15 days — getting faster

The read · computed from their figures

Future Academies's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 15 days against stated terms of 15–30 days; 15% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 0% took 61 days or longer. Filed 30 Sept 2026.

The direction is faster: from 70 days in H1 2024 to 15 now — 55 days faster across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Faster than 87% of the 309 large companies reporting in education.

That is 11 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

30 days

Dispute resolution

Please refer to our complaints policy here: https://www.futureacademies.org/Policies/

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20261515%0%30 Sept 2026
H1 2026150%0%31 Mar 2026
H1 2025242%2%26 Sept 2025
H1 2025254%0%4 Mar 2025
H1 20243524%57%25 Sept 2024
H1 20247035%45%11 Jul 2024
H1 20203641%11%20 Oct 2020
H1 20203841%13%31 Mar 2020
H1 20193743%11%30 Sept 2019
H1 20193841%12%15 Apr 2019
H1 20183441%13%15 Apr 2019

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
25 Mar 2008
Registered office
PIMLICO ACADEMY, LONDON, SW1V 3AT
1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 May 2027

Open the full record at Companies House.

Quick answers · Future Academies

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 55 days faster over the window (70 → 15 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report puts the average at day 15; across their last 6 reports it ranged 15–70 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?
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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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