Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk
Central Learning Partnership Trust pays suppliers in 20 days on average — within its stated 14–30 day terms
Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 6 days past the shortest term they state (14 days), still within their 30-day upper term.
- Their stated terms
- 14–30 days
- Paid outside agreed terms
- 17% of invoices
- Paid after 61+ days
- 1%
- Reporting period
- 1 Mar 2026 – 31 Aug 2026
- Source
- their gov.uk filing, filed 15 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 — 20 against 14–30 days
Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices
The pattern · last 6 of 18 reports
23 → 20 days — getting faster
The read · computed from their figures
Central Learning Partnership Trust's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 20 days against stated terms of 14–30 days; 17% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 1% took 61 days or longer. Filed 15 Sept 2026.
The direction is faster: from 23 days in H1 2024 to 20 now — 3 days faster across their last 6 reports.
On the latest reported averages: Faster than 74% of the 309 large companies reporting in education.
That is 18 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
As a business we do not have standard payment terms for our suppliers. We make payments based on our supplier’s payment terms which are predominantly 30 days. Occasionally suppliers may request a shorter payment term and, where this is the case, we will consider the request and pay accordingly.
Dispute resolution
Where a supplier has a complaint about payment of their invoices, they will contact the finance department of the school who the supply was made to. If the invoice is in dispute, our finance staff will normally have contacted the supplier in the first instance. If the late payment is due to an administrative error, then payment will be made immediately. If the payment is withheld due to a dispute, this will be reported to our Chief Finance Officer. Disputed invoices are very rare and are usually resolved within 60 days of the invoice being received.
Every statutory report on record
Most recent first.
| Period | Avg days | Outside terms | 61+ days | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H1 2026 | 20 | 17% | 1% | 15 Sept 2026 |
| H1 2026 | 20 | 26% | 15% | 12 Mar 2026 |
| H1 2025 | 20 | 17% | 1% | 30 Sept 2025 |
| H1 2025 | 21 | 18% | 1% | 27 Mar 2025 |
| H1 2024 | 21 | 20% | 2% | 24 Sept 2024 |
| H1 2024 | 23 | 25% | 2% | 20 Mar 2024 |
| H1 2023 | 25 | 23% | 2% | 29 Sept 2023 |
| H1 2023 | 24 | 26% | 4% | 30 Mar 2023 |
| H1 2022 | 23 | 25% | 2% | 28 Sept 2022 |
| H1 2022 | 26 | 33% | 5% | 30 Mar 2022 |
| H1 2021 | 24 | 28% | 4% | 30 Sept 2021 |
| H1 2021 | 25 | 32% | 3% | 30 Mar 2021 |
| H1 2020 | 16 | 14% | 1% | 2 Oct 2020 |
| H1 2020 | 16 | 13% | 1% | 25 Mar 2020 |
| H1 2019 | 15 | 11% | 1% | 17 Oct 2019 |
| H1 2019 | 19 | 17% | 2% | 25 Mar 2019 |
| H1 2018 | 27 | 7% | 1% | 19 Nov 2018 |
| H1 2018 | 41 | 34% | 2% | 20 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 Oct 2011
- Registered office
- HEATH PARK HIGH SCHOOL, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV11 1RD
Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic
What a 20-day cycle ties up
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