Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk
Coombe Academy Trust pays suppliers in 17 days on average — within its stated 7–30 day terms
Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 10 days past the shortest term they state (7 days), still within their 30-day upper term.
- Their stated terms
- 7–30 days
- Paid outside agreed terms
- 25% of invoices
- Paid after 61+ days
- 1%
- 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 — 17 against 7–30 days
Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices
The pattern · last 6 of 18 reports
Holding steady around 17 days
The read · computed from their figures
Coombe Academy Trust's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 17 days against stated terms of 7–30 days; 25% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 1% took 61 days or longer. Filed 30 Sept 2026.
The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±2 days period to period.
On the latest reported averages: Faster than 82% 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
The Trust manages payment runs every 2 weeks in term time. In school holidays, the frequency is affected as payment authorizers are usually off site. This causes some invoices to be paid outside of suppliers' credit terms, particularly those with terms of less than 30 days. To make payment processing more efficient, suppliers should only engage in business with the Trust on receipt of an official purchase order and should send their invoices directly to the finance department.
Dispute resolution
The Trust's financial procedures require budget holders to check their deliveries against the purchase order and notify the finance team of any discrepancies within 2 days. The finance officer will promptly follow this up with the supplier. Should the matter not be resolved satisfactorily, it will be passed back to the budget holder for further investigation and information in the first instance, and subsequently referred to the senior finance officer for monitoring the dispute status. The Trust aims to resolve queries as quickly as possible, so payment can still be made within the standard 30 days. However, this depends on the nature of the query and how quickly a supplier issues a credit note if applicable.
Every statutory report on record
Most recent first.
| Period | Avg days | Outside terms | 61+ days | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H1 2026 | 17 | 25% | 1% | 30 Sept 2026 |
| H1 2026 | 16 | 20% | 1% | 30 Mar 2026 |
| H1 2025 | 17 | 28% | 1% | 29 Sept 2025 |
| H1 2025 | 19 | 21% | 1% | 31 Mar 2025 |
| H1 2024 | 20 | 23% | 1% | 30 Sept 2024 |
| H1 2024 | 19 | 23% | 1% | 26 Mar 2024 |
| H1 2023 | 19 | 24% | 1% | 29 Sept 2023 |
| H1 2023 | 20 | 23% | 2% | 31 Mar 2023 |
| H1 2022 | 22 | 25% | 1% | 30 Sept 2022 |
| H1 2022 | 20 | 31% | 1% | 23 Mar 2022 |
| H1 2021 | 22 | 26% | 1% | 30 Sept 2021 |
| H1 2021 | 21 | 28% | 1% | 24 Mar 2021 |
| H1 2020 | 21 | 29% | 1% | 30 Sept 2020 |
| H1 2020 | 23 | 32% | 2% | 25 Mar 2020 |
| H1 2019 | 21 | 37% | 2% | 27 Sept 2019 |
| H1 2019 | 23 | 34% | 2% | 29 Mar 2019 |
| H1 2018 | 18 | 24% | 0% | 28 Sept 2018 |
| H1 2018 | 18 | 22% | 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
- 11 Jan 2012
- Registered office
- C/O COOMBE BOYS SCHOOL COLLEGE GARDENS, NEW MALDEN, KT3 6NU
Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic
What a 17-day cycle ties up
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