Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Tapton School Academy Trust take to pay its suppliers?

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

31days

their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period

Around averagevs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

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

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.

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

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30 days. Reported average: 31.

Stated terms30d

+1 days

Reported avg31d

At a glance

The key figures

30d

their stated terms

17%

invoices paid outside terms

±2d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 76% of the 303 large companies reporting in education.

The pattern

Holding steady

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d

H1 2021H1 2022H1 2022H1 2023H1 2023H1 2024

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 69% 31–60 days 25% 61+ days 6%

The read · computed from their figures

Tapton School Academy Trust has filed 12 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 31 days against stated terms of 30 days.

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

In the latest period 17% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 6% landed 61+ days out.

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.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2024	31	17%	6%	4 Mar 2024
H1 2023	31	15%	8%	4 Mar 2024
H1 2023	31	15%	8%	31 Mar 2023
H1 2022	27	30%	6%	28 Nov 2022
H1 2022	28	30%	6%	22 Mar 2022
H1 2021	30	36%	7%	22 Nov 2021
H1 2020	31	40%	11%	25 Sept 2020
H1 2020	28	36%	7%	25 Sept 2020
H1 2019	25	28%	4%	13 Nov 2019
H1 2019	26	27%	7%	27 Mar 2019
H1 2018	24	28%	5%	27 Sept 2018
H1 2018	23	23%	5%	27 Mar 2018

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average is steady — within about ±2 days period to period, around 31 days.

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 31, moving within about ±2 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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