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How long does The Athelstan Trust take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 07699625 · Education · 1 statutory report on record · period to 28 Feb 2026

24days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Slower than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

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

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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
11 Jul 2011
Registered office
TRUST OFFICE, TETBURY, GL8 8AE
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 May 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 0–30 days. Reported average: 24.

Stated terms0–30d
+24 days
Reported avg24d

At a glance

The key figures

0–30d
their stated terms
45%
invoices paid outside terms

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 55% of the 303 large companies reporting in education.

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 79% 31–60 days 16% 61+ days 5%

The read · computed from their figures

The Athelstan Trust has filed 1 statutory payment period (earliest H1 2026). Their latest report puts the average at 24 days against stated terms of 0–30 days.

In the latest period 45% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 5% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

1% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Most frequently we use 30 days and 0 days for expenses. We work to supplier payment terms in actioning payments. We are not fully confident in 45% figure reporting the payments outside of standard payment terms. This is a standard report from SAGE 200, we are working to understand the underlying and supporting data.

Dispute resolution

This is handled on ad-hoc basis at school level and escalated to the Trust when required, with Trust wide spend including Central contracts, handled by the Trust.

Other information

To re-iterate we are investigating the underlying data supporting this report. SAGE 200 is an older system with limited reporting capability.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20262445%5%31 Mar 2026

Working-capital effect

What a 24-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 24-day vs a 0-day payment cycle.

≈ £9,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 24-day cycle — about £9,500 more than the same account would carry at 0-day terms.

Late Payment Act. The Late Payment of Commercial Debts Act 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

What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 24. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
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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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