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How long does Northern Ambition Academies Trust take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 07556117 · Education · 9 statutory reports on record · period to 28 Feb 2022

27days
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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Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 28 Feb 2022 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active - Proposal to Strike off
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Incorporated
8 Mar 2011
Registered office
AIREDALE ACADEMY CREWE ROAD, CASTLEFORD, WF10 3JU
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 May 2026 — overdue

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 0–30 days. Reported average: 27.

Stated terms0–30d
+27 days
Reported avg27d

At a glance

The key figures

0–30d
their stated terms
41%
invoices paid outside terms
±4d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 59% of the 303 large companies reporting in education.

The pattern

Holding steady

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

26
26
34
26
27
27
H1 2019H1 2020H1 2020H1 2021H1 2021H1 2022

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 76% 31–60 days 22% 61+ days 2%

The read · computed from their figures

Northern Ambition Academies Trust has filed 9 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 27 days against stated terms of 0–30 days.

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

In the latest period 41% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 2% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Northern Ambition Academies Trust in general accepts the payment terms proposed by suppliers. In some cases payment is requested on receipt of invoice, so these suppliers are treated as having terms of zero days. Where suppliers do not propose terms, our default terms are to settle all valid invoices within 30 days. We endeavour to pay invoices from small businesses or sole traders as quickly as possible within these 30 days.

Dispute resolution

Any disagreements with amounts invoiced by suppliers will be raised by the individual responsible for the expenditure or a member of the finance team. Complaints by suppliers should be directed in the first instance to the individual responsible for the expenditure or the Trust’s Finance Manager. Should the matter remain unresolved this may be escalated to the Director of Finance and Operations.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20222741%2%11 Mar 2022
H1 20212740%3%27 Sept 2021
H1 20212636%3%16 Mar 2021
H1 20203449%10%29 Sept 2020
H1 20202644%3%31 Mar 2020
H1 20192637%3%25 Sept 2019
H1 20192434%2%27 Mar 2019
H1 20182535%3%26 Sept 2018
H1 20182534%3%23 Mar 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 27-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 27-day vs a 0-day payment cycle.

≈ £10,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 27-day cycle — about £10,600 more than the same account would carry at 0-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 27 days.
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 27, 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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