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

CRN 07394649 · Education · 9 statutory reports on record · period to 28 Feb 2026

13days
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
1 Oct 2010
Registered office
THE OLD CRICKET PAVILION, NEWQUAY, TR7 2JU
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 May 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 7–30 days. Reported average: 13.

Stated terms7–30d
+6 days
Reported avg13d

At a glance

The key figures

7–30d
their stated terms
8%
invoices paid outside terms
±2d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 90% of the 303 large companies reporting in education.

The pattern

Holding steady

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 7d
14
15
17
15
14
13
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

Kernow Learning Multi Academy Trust has filed 9 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2022). Their latest report puts the average at 13 days against stated terms of 7–30 days.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±2 days period to period.

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

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

We have no prescribed standard payment terms as such. Our payment terms will follow those prescribed by our suppliers, which are normally 30 days

Dispute resolution

Complaints: resolution achieved through initial contact with finance staff, who will interrogate finance system to confirm payment date/payment due date. Finance staff routinely reconcile supplier statements to the finance system and request copy invoices if undisputed invoices remain unpaid. The Finance function is centralised: the Trust is continually working to ensure that the majority of invoices for payment should be sent to the central location rather than the individual schools, to maximize efficiency of receipting and processing of invoices within the 30 day period. Our finance team work with a skeleton staff during school holidays, but there is still an expectation for suppliers to acknowledge our main term time working periods. Disputes: invoices will be disputed in instances o

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2026138%1%17 May 2026
H1 20251410%2%28 Sept 2025
H1 20251512%2%9 Apr 2025
H1 20241716%3%11 Feb 2025
H1 20241513%3%11 Feb 2025
H1 20231414%3%15 Dec 2023
H1 2023159%1%24 May 2023
H1 20222510%1%9 Nov 2022
H1 20222526%8%31 Mar 2022

Working-capital effect

What a 13-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 13-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £5,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 13-day cycle — about £2,400 more than the same account would carry at 7-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 is steady — within about ±2 days period to period, around 13 days.
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 13, 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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