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How long does Arden Multi Academy Trust take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 07375267 · Education · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 28 Feb 2026

12days
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.

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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
14 Sept 2010
Registered office
STATION ROAD, SOLIHULL, B93 0PT
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 May 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 14–30 days. Reported average: 12.

Stated terms14–30d
-2 days
Reported avg12d

At a glance

The key figures

14–30d
their stated terms
8%
invoices paid outside terms
-5d
faster over the window
±2d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 93% of the 303 large companies reporting in education.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 14d
17
14
15
12
12
12
H1 2023H1 2024H1 2024H1 2025H1 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 96% 31–60 days 3% 61+ days 1%

The read · computed from their figures

Arden Multi Academy Trust has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 12 days against stated terms of 14–30 days.

The direction is faster: from 17 to 12 days over the window — about 5 days faster.

In the latest period 8% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 1% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

2% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Undisputed invoices are paid within a maximum of 30 days (unless other terms are agreed) during school term time.

Dispute resolution

Disputes are notified to the accounts department by the person who placed the order. The supplier and the person placing the order are responsible for resolution of the dispute.

Other information

Due to the nature of the business payments are not made outside of school term dates which can result in invoice payment being delayed beyond agreed payment terms. Wherever possible suppliers are reminded of term dates to ensure invoices are paid within terms. Many of the the payments that are not paid within terms are due to payments terms being set on our finance system at immediate or 7 days to ensure payments are processed on the next payment run.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2026128%1%23 Mar 2026
H1 20251210%1%22 Sept 2025
H1 2025127%1%14 Mar 2025
H1 20241510%1%27 Sept 2024
H1 20241410%1%11 Mar 2024
H1 20231715%2%28 Sept 2023
H1 20231310%1%28 Mar 2023
H1 20221311%1%27 Sept 2022
H1 20221410%1%30 Mar 2022
H1 20212810%1%27 Sept 2021
H1 20211611%2%17 Mar 2021
H1 20201215%2%28 Sept 2020
H1 2020148%1%10 Mar 2020
H1 20191715%2%30 Sept 2019
H1 20191611%1%28 Mar 2019
H1 20181916%3%30 Sept 2018
H1 2018144%0%27 Mar 2018

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 5 days faster over the window (17 → 12 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 12, moving within about ±2 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
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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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