Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

South Dartmoor Academy paid suppliers in 11 days on average — inside its 30-day stated terms

CRN 07561204 · 3 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Aug 2019

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 31 Aug 2019 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

11daysavg time to pay · H1 2019

Their H1 2019 filing put the average 19 days inside their stated 30-day term.

Their stated terms: 30 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 18% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 0%
Reporting period: 1 Mar 2019 – 31 Aug 2019
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 24 Sept 2019

Self-reported figures from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.

Terms vs reality · their H1 2019 filing

Paid 19 days inside the 30-day term they state

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–40

avg 11d

0 days40 days

reported avg 11 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 93% 31–60 days 7% 61+ days 0%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #21834, period 1 Mar 2019 – 31 Aug 2019, filed 24 Sept 2019 · gov.uk payment-practices service

South Dartmoor Academy paid 19 days inside its stated 30-day term. 18% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 0% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2019 filing.

The pattern · last 3 of 3 reports

18 → 11 days — faster across the window

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 3 of 3 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

7 days faster across the window. From 18 days in H1 2018 to 11 in the H1 2019 filing; the dashed line marks the 30-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

South Dartmoor Academy's H1 2019 filing put their average at 11 days against stated terms of 30 days; 18% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 0% took 61 days or longer. Filed 24 Sept 2019.

The direction is faster: from 18 days in H1 2018 to 11 now — 7 days faster across their last 3 reports.

That is 3 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

Standard terms are 30 days (school purchases, so no long term terms negotiated or needed)

Dispute resolution

Discuss with the supplier. Failing this, discuss with legal team/ DfE.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2019	11	18%	0%	24 Sept 2019
H1 2018	27	15%	3%	28 Sept 2018
H1 2018	18	10%	0%	29 Mar 2018

Quick answers · South Dartmoor Academy

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 7 days faster over the window (18 → 11 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report put the average at day 11; across their last 3 reports it ranged 11–27 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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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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