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How long does Education Central Multi Academy Trust take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 08255492 · Education · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 28 Feb 2026

25days
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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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
16 Oct 2012
Registered office
UNIT 7 NEWLANDS COURT, BURNTWOOD, WS7 3GF
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 May 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30 days. Reported average: 25.

Stated terms30d
-5 days
Reported avg25d

At a glance

The key figures

30d
their stated terms
4%
invoices paid outside terms
-6d
faster over the window
±6d
variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 52% of the 303 large companies reporting in education.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d
31
28
21
32
23
25
H1 2023H1 2024H1 2024H1 2025H1 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 76% 31–60 days 16% 61+ days 8%

The read · computed from their figures

Education Central Multi Academy Trust has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 25 days against stated terms of 30 days.

The direction is faster: from 31 to 25 days over the window — about 6 days faster.

In the latest period 4% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 8% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Our standard payments period is 30 days, although we make payments in less that the 30 days if an invoice has been authorised by the budget holder sooner.

Dispute resolution

Disputes are raised at the point when goods and services are delivered.This allows the staff responsible for purchasing the goods and services to raised their issue at delivery point, with the supplier before the supplier raises an invoice. It also speeds up the invoice authorisation process. Late responses from suppliers can effect the period in which disputes are resolved. Once dispute is resolved, invoices are authorised and paid in the weekly/fortnightly BACS payment runs.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2026254%8%27 Mar 2026
H1 2025233%5%12 Sept 2025
H1 2025324%12%14 Mar 2025
H1 2024213%4%27 Sept 2024
H1 2024283%8%8 Apr 2024
H1 2023312%8%14 Sept 2023
H1 20233734%14%13 Mar 2023
H1 20223648%14%29 Sept 2022
H1 20223751%14%29 Sept 2022
H1 20213850%13%29 Sept 2022
H1 20213050%10%29 Sept 2022
H1 20203358%12%29 Sept 2022
H1 20203556%11%25 Mar 2020
H1 20193457%12%5 Dec 2019
H1 20194364%23%3 Dec 2019
H1 20184534%16%30 Sept 2018
H1 20185666%34%30 Mar 2018

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 6 days faster over the window (31 → 25 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 25, moving within about ±6 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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