Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk
Valley Invicta Academies Trust pays suppliers in 20 days on average — inside its 30-day stated terms
Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 10 days inside their stated 30-day term.
- Their stated terms
- 30 days
- Paid outside agreed terms
- 8% of invoices
- Paid after 61+ days
- 2%
- Reporting period
- 1 Mar 2026 – 31 Aug 2026
- Source
- their gov.uk filing, filed 1 Sept 2026
Self-reported figures from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.
Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing
Paid 10 days inside the 30-day term they state
Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices
The pattern · last 6 of 18 reports
25 → 20 days — getting faster
The read · computed from their figures
Valley Invicta Academies Trust's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 20 days against stated terms of 30 days; 8% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 2% took 61 days or longer. Filed 1 Sept 2026.
The direction is faster: from 25 days in H1 2024 to 20 now — 5 days faster across their last 6 reports.
On the latest reported averages: Faster than 74% of the 309 large companies reporting in education.
That is 18 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.
In their own words · from the filing
Standard payment terms
Payment terms are 30 days standard
Dispute resolution
Any complaints will be made to the Finance team and dealt with immediately if the payment terms of 30 days are breached.
Every statutory report on record
Most recent first.
| Period | Avg days | Outside terms | 61+ days | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H1 2026 | 20 | 8% | 2% | 1 Sept 2026 |
| H1 2026 | 22 | 18% | 3% | 4 Mar 2026 |
| H1 2025 | 23 | 19% | 3% | 29 Sept 2025 |
| H1 2025 | 23 | 20% | 3% | 3 Apr 2025 |
| H1 2024 | 23 | 20% | 3% | 3 Sept 2024 |
| H1 2024 | 25 | 24% | 3% | 3 Sept 2024 |
| H1 2023 | 25 | 24% | 4% | 6 Sept 2023 |
| H1 2023 | 25 | 26% | 4% | 21 Mar 2023 |
| H1 2022 | 23 | 25% | 3% | 21 Mar 2023 |
| H1 2022 | 23 | 23% | 3% | 30 Mar 2022 |
| H1 2021 | 26 | 27% | 4% | 1 Dec 2021 |
| H1 2021 | 27 | 33% | 5% | 7 Jul 2021 |
| H1 2020 | 28 | 32% | 8% | 7 Jul 2021 |
| H1 2020 | 34 | 40% | 10% | 7 Jul 2021 |
| H1 2019 | 34 | 44% | 9% | 25 Sept 2019 |
| H1 2019 | 37 | 51% | 11% | 17 Apr 2019 |
| H1 2018 | 33 | 32% | 8% | 24 Apr 2019 |
| H1 2018 | 32 | 45% | 7% | 11 Apr 2018 |
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
- 10 Mar 2011
- Registered office
- INVICTA GRAMMAR SCHOOL, MAIDSTONE, ME14 5DS
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