Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk
Education Central Multi Academy Trust pays suppliers in 27 days on average — inside its 30-day stated terms
Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 3 days inside their stated 30-day term.
- Their stated terms
- 30 days
- Paid outside agreed terms
- 4% of invoices
- Paid after 61+ days
- 8%
- Reporting period
- 1 Mar 2026 – 31 Aug 2026
- Source
- their gov.uk filing, filed 29 Sept 2026
Self-reported figures from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.
Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing
Paid 3 days inside the 30-day term they state
Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices
The pattern · last 6 of 18 reports
Holding steady around 27 days
The read · computed from their figures
Education Central Multi Academy Trust's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 27 days against stated terms of 30 days; 4% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 8% took 61 days or longer. Filed 29 Sept 2026.
The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±5 days period to period.
On the latest reported averages: Slower than 59% 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
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.
| Period | Avg days | Outside terms | 61+ days | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H1 2026 | 27 | 4% | 8% | 29 Sept 2026 |
| H1 2026 | 25 | 4% | 8% | 27 Mar 2026 |
| H1 2025 | 23 | 3% | 5% | 12 Sept 2025 |
| H1 2025 | 32 | 4% | 12% | 14 Mar 2025 |
| H1 2024 | 21 | 3% | 4% | 27 Sept 2024 |
| H1 2024 | 28 | 3% | 8% | 8 Apr 2024 |
| H1 2023 | 31 | 2% | 8% | 14 Sept 2023 |
| H1 2023 | 37 | 34% | 14% | 13 Mar 2023 |
| H1 2022 | 36 | 48% | 14% | 29 Sept 2022 |
| H1 2022 | 37 | 51% | 14% | 29 Sept 2022 |
| H1 2021 | 38 | 50% | 13% | 29 Sept 2022 |
| H1 2021 | 30 | 50% | 10% | 29 Sept 2022 |
| H1 2020 | 33 | 58% | 12% | 29 Sept 2022 |
| H1 2020 | 35 | 56% | 11% | 25 Mar 2020 |
| H1 2019 | 34 | 57% | 12% | 5 Dec 2019 |
| H1 2019 | 43 | 64% | 23% | 3 Dec 2019 |
| H1 2018 | 45 | 34% | 16% | 30 Sept 2018 |
| H1 2018 | 56 | 66% | 34% | 30 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
- 16 Oct 2012
- Registered office
- UNIT 7 NEWLANDS COURT, BURNTWOOD, WS7 3GF
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