Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Wise Academies pays suppliers in 40 days on average — 10 days past its stated terms

CRN 07521946 · Education · 2 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Aug 2026

40daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 10 days past the 30-day term they state.

Well behindvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers

Their stated terms: 30 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 71% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 6%
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 10 days past their stated terms

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–45

avg 40d

0 days45 days

reported avg 40 days their filed terms 0–30 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 30% 31–60 days 64% 61+ days 6%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #117120, period 1 Mar 2026 – 31 Aug 2026, filed 29 Sept 2026 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Wise Academies pays 10 days past its own stated terms. 71% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 6% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2026 filing.

The read · computed from their figures

Wise Academies's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 40 days against stated terms of 30 days; 71% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 6% took 61 days or longer. Filed 29 Sept 2026.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 95% of the 309 large companies reporting in education.

That is 2 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2026) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard payment terms release approved payments within 30 days from date of invoice facilitated by a weekly payment run. BACs processing days (2 working days) are not included within this period.

Dispute resolution

If there is a discrepancy between the goods or services ordered and subsequently delivered, the individual school officer will contact the Supplier in a timely manner to seek resolution. If the discrepancy is identified upon receipt of an invoice, then the Central Finance team will raise an Internal Discrepancy within the system, the disputed invoice is put on hold and the individual school officer or Central Finance will raise the dispute with the Supplier. Payment will be released upon resolution and /or receipt of any agreed credit note. If a mutual agreement cannot be reached, then the parties may proceed to formal mediation or dispute resolution mechanisms specified within individual contract terms.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	40	71%	6%	29 Sept 2026
H1 2026	40	11%	6%	22 Jun 2026

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: 8 Feb 2011
Registered office: WISE ACADEMIES HEAD OFFICE BORODIN AVENUE, SUNDERLAND, SR5 4NX

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 May 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 40-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 40-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £16,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 40-day cycle — about £3,900 more than the same account would carry at 30-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 · Wise Academies

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 40. 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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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