Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk
Future Academies pays suppliers in 15 days on average — right on its stated terms
Their H1 2026 filing puts the average right on the 15-day term they state.
- 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
Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices
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.
| Period | Avg days | Outside terms | 61+ days | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H1 2026 | 15 | 15% | 0% | 30 Sept 2026 |
| H1 2026 | 15 | 0% | 0% | 31 Mar 2026 |
| H1 2025 | 24 | 2% | 2% | 26 Sept 2025 |
| H1 2025 | 25 | 4% | 0% | 4 Mar 2025 |
| H1 2024 | 35 | 24% | 57% | 25 Sept 2024 |
| H1 2024 | 70 | 35% | 45% | 11 Jul 2024 |
| H1 2020 | 36 | 41% | 11% | 20 Oct 2020 |
| H1 2020 | 38 | 41% | 13% | 31 Mar 2020 |
| H1 2019 | 37 | 43% | 11% | 30 Sept 2019 |
| H1 2019 | 38 | 41% | 12% | 15 Apr 2019 |
| H1 2018 | 34 | 41% | 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
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