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How long does South Orpington Learning Alliance Multi-academy Trust take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 07943613 · Education · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2025

23days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Faster 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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Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 31 Mar 2025 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 - Proposal to Strike off
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Incorporated
9 Feb 2012
Registered office
TUBBENDEN PRIMARY SCHOOL, ORPINGTON, BR6 9SD
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 7–30 days. Reported average: 23.

Stated terms7–30d
+16 days
Reported avg23d

At a glance

The key figures

7–30d
their stated terms
4%
invoices paid outside terms
-8d
faster over the window
±3d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 63% of the 303 large companies reporting in education.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 7d
31
27
28
24
24
23
H1 2023H1 2023H1 2024H1 2024H1 2025H1 2025

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 86% 31–60 days 11% 61+ days 3%

The read · computed from their figures

South Orpington Learning Alliance Multi-academy Trust has filed 16 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 23 days against stated terms of 7–30 days.

The direction is faster: from 31 to 23 days over the window — about 8 days faster.

In the latest period 4% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 3% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Most of our supplier contracts have 30 days payment terms.

Dispute resolution

Contact would be initiated by telephone/email and escalated as appropriate within the Trust.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2025234%3%25 Apr 2025
H1 2025244%4%17 Mar 2025
H1 20242417%5%24 Sept 2024
H1 20242826%9%25 Mar 2024
H1 20232724%6%25 Sept 2023
H1 20233136%9%10 Mar 2023
H1 20222614%2%29 Sept 2022
H1 20222720%3%22 Mar 2022
H1 2021217%1%29 Sept 2021
H1 2021231%2%23 Mar 2021
H1 20201510%2%28 Sept 2020
H1 20202310%2%28 Mar 2020
H1 2019218%1%30 Sept 2019
H1 20192511%2%26 Mar 2019
H1 20182514%2%28 Sept 2018
H1 20182918%3%28 Mar 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 23-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 23-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £9,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 23-day cycle — about £6,300 more than the same account would carry at 7-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

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 8 days faster over the window (31 → 23 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 23, moving within about ±3 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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