Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Ormiston Academies Trust take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 06982127 · Education · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 28 Feb 2026

25days

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.

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: 5 Aug 2009
Registered office: UNIT G.05B - ASSAY STUDIOS, BIRMINGHAM, B3 1SF

1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 May 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30 days. Reported average: 25.

Stated terms30d

-5 days

Reported avg25d

At a glance

The key figures

30d

their stated terms

24%

invoices paid outside terms

-5d

faster over the window

±2d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Faster than 52% 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 2023H1 2024H1 2024H1 2025H1 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 81% 31–60 days 12% 61+ days 7%

The read · computed from their figures

Ormiston Academies Trust has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 25 days against stated terms of 30 days.

The direction is faster: from 30 to 25 days over the window — about 5 days faster.

In the latest period 24% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 7% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

1% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

30 day terms apply for most suppliers.

Dispute resolution

Disputes are dealt with by the local academy finance teams for matters relating to academy purchases and by the central finance team for matters relating to central/Trust purchases.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	25	24%	7%	23 Mar 2026
H1 2025	27	24%	7%	24 Sept 2025
H1 2025	27	26%	8%	4 Apr 2025
H1 2024	29	22%	7%	30 Sept 2024
H1 2024	31	18%	9%	22 Mar 2024
H1 2023	30	30%	9%	29 Sept 2023
H1 2023	34	30%	12%	15 May 2023
H1 2022	29	30%	9%	30 Sept 2022
H1 2022	27	32%	10%	29 Mar 2022
H1 2021	25	18%	5%	29 Sept 2021
H1 2021	31	27%	7%	24 Mar 2021
H1 2020	33	27%	9%	30 Sept 2020
H1 2020	32	32%	9%	19 Mar 2020
H1 2019	28	33%	8%	30 Sept 2019
H1 2019	33	35%	9%	27 Mar 2019
H1 2018	35	35%	9%	27 Sept 2018
H1 2018	53	49%	33%	29 Mar 2018

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 5 days faster over the window (30 → 25 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 25, moving within about ±2 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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