Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk
Outwood Grange Academies Trust pays suppliers in 21 days on average — within its stated 14–30 day terms
Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 7 days past the shortest term they state (14 days), still within their 30-day upper term.
- Their stated terms
- 14–30 days
- Paid outside agreed terms
- 12% of invoices
- Paid after 61+ days
- 3%
- Reporting period
- 1 Mar 2026 – 31 Aug 2026
- Source
- their gov.uk filing, filed 29 Sept 2026
Self-reported figures from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.
Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing
Paid within their stated range — 21 against 14–30 days
Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices
The pattern · last 6 of 18 reports
28 → 21 days — getting faster
The read · computed from their figures
Outwood Grange Academies Trust's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 21 days against stated terms of 14–30 days; 12% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 3% took 61 days or longer. Filed 29 Sept 2026.
The direction is faster: from 28 days in H1 2024 to 21 now — 7 days faster across their last 6 reports.
On the latest reported averages: Faster than 70% of the 309 large companies reporting in education.
That is 18 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
Standard Terms are 30 days www.outwood.com
Dispute resolution
The Trust operates an electronic ordering system where a purchase order is raised and sent to the supplier. If suppliers do not use the PO reference on their invoices this can delay payment. If there are any queries on the invoice then finance contact the supplier to resolve. Payment is not made until the goods / service issue is resolved or a credit note is issued. This can cause payments to appear to be paid late as we will not make payment until all queries have been resolved. The system does not record the period in which the invoice was in dispute. The payments that are paid late are mainly attributable to 3 of our main suppliers where the goods ordered by their nature are low value high volume orders. We have contacted our main suppliers and none of them have any concerns over our pa
Every statutory report on record
Most recent first.
| Period | Avg days | Outside terms | 61+ days | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H1 2026 | 21 | 12% | 3% | 29 Sept 2026 |
| H1 2026 | 23 | 13% | 4% | 3 Apr 2026 |
| H1 2025 | 23 | 18% | 5% | 15 Sept 2025 |
| H1 2025 | 25 | 19% | 6% | 15 Sept 2025 |
| H1 2024 | 27 | 21% | 12% | 8 Sept 2025 |
| H1 2024 | 28 | 22% | 6% | 13 Jun 2024 |
| H1 2023 | 27 | 22% | 5% | 13 Jun 2024 |
| H1 2023 | 31 | 26% | 9% | 13 Jun 2024 |
| H1 2022 | 33 | 30% | 9% | 28 Sept 2022 |
| H1 2022 | 32 | 31% | 9% | 5 Apr 2022 |
| H1 2021 | 25 | 17% | 5% | 25 Mar 2022 |
| H1 2021 | 34 | 27% | 11% | 29 Mar 2021 |
| H1 2020 | 25 | 22% | 6% | 1 Oct 2020 |
| H1 2020 | 26 | 20% | 5% | 1 Apr 2020 |
| H1 2019 | 26 | 19% | 5% | 30 Sept 2019 |
| H1 2019 | 27 | 23% | 6% | 1 Apr 2019 |
| H1 2018 | 27 | 24% | 4% | 18 Sept 2018 |
| H1 2018 | 30 | 30% | 6% | 30 Mar 2018 |
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
- 19 Aug 2009
- Registered office
- POTOVENS LANE, WAKEFIELD, WF1 2PF
Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic
What a 21-day cycle ties up
A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 21-day vs a 14-day payment cycle.
Late Payment Act. The Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 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.
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