Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Star Academies take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 07353849 · 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: 23 Aug 2010
Registered office: STAR ACADEMIES, BLACKBURN, BB1 2HT

10 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 May 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 14–30 days. Reported average: 25.

Stated terms14–30d

+11 days

Reported avg25d

At a glance

The key figures

14–30d

their stated terms

27%

invoices paid outside terms

-6d

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 14d

H1 2023H1 2024H1 2024H1 2025H1 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 78% 31–60 days 15% 61+ days 7%

The read · computed from their figures

Star Academies has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 25 days against stated terms of 14–30 days.

The direction is faster: from 31 to 25 days over the window — about 6 days faster.

In the latest period 27% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 7% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

We aim to pay correctly submitted invoices within 30 days of receipt from the day of physical or electronic arrival. Full details of our standard payment terms can be found on our website: https://staracademies.org/about-us/document-zone/

Dispute resolution

Contractor is contacted immediately to discuss dispute. If no resolution it is passed to a senior member of staff to resolve.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	25	27%	7%	27 Mar 2026
H1 2025	24	24%	7%	12 Sept 2025
H1 2025	26	26%	7%	14 Mar 2025
H1 2024	23	24%	6%	27 Sept 2024
H1 2024	28	31%	8%	28 Mar 2024
H1 2023	31	32%	10%	29 Sept 2023
H1 2023	32	35%	11%	21 Mar 2023
H1 2022	28	26%	9%	27 Sept 2022
H1 2022	32	31%	13%	10 Mar 2022
H1 2021	33	30%	12%	27 Sept 2021
H1 2021	34	30%	14%	19 Mar 2021
H1 2020	33	36%	18%	10 Dec 2020
H1 2020	27	25%	9%	16 Apr 2020
H1 2019	22	19%	8%	24 Dec 2019
H1 2019	31	34%	13%	2 Jul 2019
H1 2018	29	29%	12%	2 Jul 2019
H1 2018	28	28%	11%	2 Jul 2019

Working-capital effect

What a 25-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 25-day vs a 14-day payment cycle.

≈ £10,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 25-day cycle — about £4,300 more than the same account would carry at 14-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

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 6 days faster over the window (31 → 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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