Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

The Canterbury Academy pays suppliers in 24 days on average — within its stated 14–30 day terms

CRN 07345430 · Education · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Aug 2026

24daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 10 days past the shortest term they state (14 days), still within their 30-day upper term.

Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers

Their stated terms: 14–30 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 9% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 0%
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 — 24 against 14–30 days

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–40

avg 24d

0 days40 days

reported avg 24 days their filed terms 14–30 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 92% 31–60 days 8% 61+ days 0%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #117108, period 1 Mar 2026 – 31 Aug 2026, filed 29 Sept 2026 · gov.uk payment-practices service

The Canterbury Academy pays within its stated range, 10 days past the shortest term. 9% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 0% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2026 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 17 reports

Holding steady around 24 days

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 17 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

Steady around 24 days. Their reported average has moved within about ±1 days period to period; the dashed line marks the 14-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

The Canterbury Academy's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 24 days against stated terms of 14–30 days; 9% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 0% took 61 days or longer. Filed 29 Sept 2026.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±1 days period to period.

On the latest reported averages: Faster than 54% of the 309 large companies reporting in education.

That is 17 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 contractual terms are 30 days from date of invoice

Dispute resolution

A dispute will be discussed between the department ordering the goods or services and our accounts department. If no further action is needed the invoice will approved for payment and paid within 30 days. If the supplier needs to raise a credit, or there is a query, the invoice will be placed on hold until it is resolved. We aim to resolve all queries within the 30 days so the payment is not late.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	24	9%	0%	29 Sept 2026
H1 2026	25	12%	0%	25 Mar 2026
H1 2025	25	13%	1%	24 Sept 2025
H1 2024	23	11%	1%	30 Sept 2024
H1 2024	29	28%	1%	28 Mar 2024
H1 2023	25	23%	1%	26 Sept 2023
H1 2023	27	28%	1%	30 Mar 2023
H1 2022	25	16%	0%	29 Sept 2022
H1 2022	24	17%	1%	30 Mar 2022
H1 2021	20	9%	0%	29 Sept 2021
H1 2021	24	19%	1%	29 Mar 2021
H1 2020	23	19%	3%	29 Sept 2020
H1 2020	27	30%	1%	30 Mar 2020
H1 2019	27	23%	7%	30 Sept 2019
H1 2019	24	19%	1%	28 Mar 2019
H1 2018	23	21%	2%	28 Sept 2018
H1 2018	23	16%	3%	29 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: 13 Aug 2010
Registered office: KNIGHT, CANTERBURY, CT2 8QA

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 May 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 24-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 24-day vs a 14-day payment cycle.

≈ £9,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 24-day cycle — about £3,900 more than the same account would carry at 14-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 Canterbury Academy

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average is steady — within about ±1 days period to period, around 24 days.

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 24, moving within about ±1 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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