Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Watergrove Trust pays suppliers in 23 days on average — inside its 30-day stated terms

CRN 08368756 · Education · 2 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Aug 2026

23daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 7 days inside their stated 30-day term.

Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers

Their stated terms: 30 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 33% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 3%
Reporting period: 1 Mar 2026 – 31 Aug 2026
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 7 Oct 2026

Self-reported figures from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid 7 days inside the 30-day term they state

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–40

avg 23d

0 days40 days

reported avg 23 days their filed terms 30 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 81% 31–60 days 16% 61+ days 3%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #117306, period 1 Mar 2026 – 31 Aug 2026, filed 7 Oct 2026 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Watergrove Trust pays 7 days inside its stated 30-day term. 33% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 3% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2026 filing.

The read · computed from their figures

Watergrove Trust's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 23 days against stated terms of 30 days; 33% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 3% took 61 days or longer. Filed 7 Oct 2026.

On the latest reported averages: Faster than 59% of the 309 large companies reporting in education.

That is 2 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2026) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

33% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

30 days

Dispute resolution

Initial dispute raised via school, and then escalated to central finance team if required

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	23	33%	3%	7 Oct 2026
H1 2026	27	36%	5%	16 Mar 2026

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: 21 Jan 2013
Registered office: 1ST FLOOR SUITE BLUE PIT MILL, ROCHDALE, OL11 2YW

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 May 2027

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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?

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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.

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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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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