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The Charter Schools Educational Trust pays suppliers in 40 days on average — 10 days past its stated terms

CRN 07338707 · Education · 2 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Aug 2025

40daysavg time to pay · H1 2025

Their H1 2025 filing puts the average 10 days past the 30-day term they state.

Slower than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
30 days
Paid outside agreed terms
59% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
7%
Reporting period
1 Mar 2025 – 31 Aug 2025
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 3 Dec 2025

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2025 filing

Paid 10 days past their stated terms

The read · computed from their figures

The Charter Schools Educational Trust's H1 2025 filing puts their average at 40 days against stated terms of 30 days; 59% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 7% took 61 days or longer. Filed 3 Dec 2025.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 95% of the 309 large companies reporting in education.

That is 2 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2025) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Our terms are to pay within 30 days of receipt of an undisputed invoice.

Dispute resolution

If there is a dispute between the Parties, their senior representatives who have authority to settle the dispute will, within 28 days of a written request from the other Party, meet in good faith to resolve the dispute. If the dispute is not resolved at that meeting, the Parties can attempt to settle it by mediation using the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR) Model Mediation Procedure current at the time of the dispute. If the Parties cannot agree on a mediator, the mediator will be nominated by CEDR. If either Party does not wish to use, or continue to use mediation, or mediation does not resolve the dispute, the dispute must be resolved using clauses 33.3 to 33.5.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20254059%7%3 Dec 2025
H1 20253337%4%4 Sept 2025

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
6 Aug 2010
Registered office
THE CHARTER SCHOOL NORTH DULWICH, LONDON, SE24 9JH
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 May 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 40-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. 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 (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.

Quick answers · The Charter Schools Educational Trust

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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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?
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Is this official government data?
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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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