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How long does Westcountry Schools Trust take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 07398467 · Education · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 28 Feb 2026

32days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Around averagevs 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
6 Oct 2010
Registered office
IVYBRIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, IVYBRIDGE, PL21 0JA
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 May 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 14 days. Reported average: 32.

Stated terms14d
+18 days
Reported avg32d

At a glance

The key figures

14d
their stated terms
33%
invoices paid outside terms
±4d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 79% of the 303 large companies reporting in education.

The pattern

Holding steady

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 14d
30
27
26
25
26
32
H1 2023H1 2024H1 2024H1 2025H1 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 67% 31–60 days 25% 61+ days 8%

The read · computed from their figures

Westcountry Schools Trust has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 32 days against stated terms of 14 days.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±4 days period to period.

In the latest period 33% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 8% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

The Trust’s standard contractual length of time for payment of invoices is 30 days from the date of invoice.

Dispute resolution

If the Trust has a complaint or concern about a purchase invoice, the member of staff responsible for placing the order will contact the supplier as soon as reasonably practical after receipt of the said invoice in order to resolve the concern and/or complaint as quickly as possible. Invoices under dispute will not be paid until resolved including where applicable by the receipt of an appropriate credit note. Where matters cannot be resolved between the member of staff responsible for placing the order and the supplier, the matter will be referred to an individual school’s Finance Officer and ultimately to the Trust’s Chief Financial Officer for resolution.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20263233%8%31 Mar 2026
H1 20252625%6%30 Sept 2025
H1 20252523%7%31 Mar 2025
H1 20242626%6%25 Sept 2024
H1 20242723%6%28 Mar 2024
H1 20233025%7%29 Sept 2023
H1 20233437%9%31 Mar 2023
H1 20222935%5%30 Sept 2022
H1 20223438%9%29 Mar 2022
H1 20213337%9%29 Sept 2021
H1 20213539%11%26 Mar 2021
H1 20204452%20%30 Sept 2020
H1 20203444%10%31 Mar 2020
H1 20193650%10%30 Sept 2019
H1 20193441%10%27 Mar 2019
H1 20183546%10%28 Sept 2018
H1 20183754%12%29 Mar 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 32-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 32-day vs a 14-day payment cycle.

≈ £12,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 32-day cycle — about £7,100 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 is steady — within about ±4 days period to period, around 32 days.
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 32, moving within about ±4 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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