Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does University of Chester Academies Trust take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 06929486 · Education · 1 statutory report on record · period to 28 Feb 2018

40days

their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period

Slower 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 28 Feb 2018 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 - Proposal to Strike off
Type: PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Incorporated: 10 Jun 2009
Registered office: 164 WHITBY ROAD, ELLESMERE PORT, CH65 6EA

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Mar 2021 — overdue

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30 days. Reported average: 40.

Stated terms30d

+10 days

Reported avg40d

At a glance

The key figures

30d

their stated terms

57%

invoices paid outside terms

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 94% of the 303 large companies reporting in education.

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 51% 31–60 days 34% 61+ days 15%

The read · computed from their figures

University of Chester Academies Trust has filed 1 statutory payment period (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 40 days against stated terms of 30 days.

In the latest period 57% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 15% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

UCAT has not issued standard payment terms however the standard payment period based on our most commonly used terms for the reporting period is 30 days

Dispute resolution

A complaint will normally be addressed by individual academy based finance staff then escalated if necessary at Group Accountant or Finance Director level for resolution with a seven day target. UCAT exchequer systems prioritize prior authorization of all orders and sign off of goods received notes which helps clarify issues re any disputes quickly.

Other information

Although our standard payment terms are 30 days, a large number of payments related to agency fees with individual invoices being payable in 7 days. This has contributed to our overdue payment statistic.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2018	40	57%	15%	28 Mar 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 40-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 40-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £16,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 40-day cycle — about £3,900 more than the same account would carry at 30-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

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 40. 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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