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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Tapton School Academy Trust paid suppliers in 31 days on average — 1 day past its stated terms

CRN 07697171 · Education · 12 statutory reports on record · period to 29 Feb 2024

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 29 Feb 2024 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.
31daysavg time to pay · H1 2024

Their H1 2024 filing put the average 1 day past the 30-day term they state.

Their stated terms
30 days
Paid outside agreed terms
17% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
6%
Reporting period
1 Sept 2023 – 29 Feb 2024
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 4 Mar 2024

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2024 filing

Paid 1 day past their stated terms

The pattern · last 6 of 12 reports

Held steady around 31 days

The read · computed from their figures

Tapton School Academy Trust's H1 2024 filing put their average at 31 days against stated terms of 30 days; 17% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 6% took 61 days or longer. Filed 4 Mar 2024.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±2 days period to period.

That is 12 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

Over 90% of invoices have still been paid within 60 days. Payments made after the agreed terms include invoices that have Nil days payment terms from suppliers which is not always feasible. Invoices which are received during school holidays are not paid until the schools reopen.

Dispute resolution

We aim to address disputes informally. If needed the Trust complaints policy is on the website

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20243117%6%4 Mar 2024
H1 20233115%8%4 Mar 2024
H1 20233115%8%31 Mar 2023
H1 20222730%6%28 Nov 2022
H1 20222830%6%22 Mar 2022
H1 20213036%7%22 Nov 2021
H1 20203140%11%25 Sept 2020
H1 20202836%7%25 Sept 2020
H1 20192528%4%13 Nov 2019
H1 20192627%7%27 Mar 2019
H1 20182428%5%27 Sept 2018
H1 20182323%5%27 Mar 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Incorporated
7 Jul 2011
Registered office
PENNINE 5 FLOOR 5, BLOCK 2, SHEFFIELD, S1 4BY
1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 May 2027

Open the full record at Companies House.

Quick answers · Tapton School Academy Trust

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average was steady — within about ±2 days period to period, around 31 days.
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports averaged around day 31, moving within about ±2 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
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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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