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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Creative Education Trust pays suppliers in 21 days on average — within its stated 7–30 day terms

CRN 07617529 · Education · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Aug 2026

21daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 14 days past the shortest term they state (7 days), still within their 30-day upper term.

Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
7–30 days
Paid outside agreed terms
6% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
2%
Reporting period
1 Mar 2026 – 31 Aug 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 30 Sept 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid within their stated range — 21 against 7–30 days

The pattern · last 6 of 17 reports

18 → 21 days — slowing down

The read · computed from their figures

Creative Education Trust's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 21 days against stated terms of 7–30 days; 6% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 2% took 61 days or longer. Filed 30 Sept 2026.

The direction is slower: from 18 days in H1 2024 to 21 now — 3 days slower across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Faster than 70% of the 309 large companies reporting in education.

That is 17 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

1% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

30 days

Dispute resolution

Resolved in accordance with company policy. Open and transparent communication with suppliers.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2026216%2%30 Sept 2026
H1 2026215%1%26 Mar 2026
H1 2025292%7%23 Sept 2025
H1 2025220%2%25 Mar 2025
H1 2024230%3%25 Sept 2024
H1 2024180%1%20 Mar 2024
H1 2023180%1%22 Sept 2023
H1 2023190%2%21 Mar 2023
H1 2022180%1%26 Sept 2022
H1 2022180%2%22 Mar 2022
H1 20211313%1%28 Sept 2021
H1 2021180%1%23 Mar 2021
H1 2020170%1%14 Sept 2020
H1 2020160%1%4 Sept 2020
H1 2019130%1%18 Sept 2019
H1 2019150%2%9 Jul 2019
H1 2018160%1%28 Mar 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
28 Apr 2011
Registered office
67-68 LONG ACRE, LONDON, WC2E 9JD
1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 May 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 21-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 21-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £8,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 21-day cycle — about £5,500 more than the same account would carry at 7-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 · Creative Education Trust

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 3 days slower over the window (18 → 21 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report puts the average at day 21; across their last 6 reports it ranged 18–29 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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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?
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How often is this data updated?
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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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