Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Castle School Education Trust take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 08397975 · Education · 13 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.

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 Feb 2013
Registered office: CSET MANGOTSFIELD SCHOOL, BRISTOL, BS16 9LH

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

28%

invoices paid outside terms

±2d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

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

The pattern

Holding steady

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d

H1 2023H1 2024H1 2024H1 2025H1 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 78% 31–60 days 16% 61+ days 6%

The read · computed from their figures

Castle School Education Trust has filed 13 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 25 days against stated terms of 30 days.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±2 days period to period.

In the latest period 28% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 6% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

The most frequently used payment terms are 30 days for all types of contract.

Dispute resolution

If CSET were in dispute the Finance team would raise this with the supplier to seek resolution. Disputes from the supplier would be manage by the Finance team and escalated to the Chief Financial Officer or CEO if required.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	25	28%	6%	18 Mar 2026
H1 2025	25	27%	4%	28 Sept 2025
H1 2025	29	31%	7%	21 Mar 2025
H1 2024	25	28%	4%	2 Oct 2024
H1 2024	30	30%	7%	4 Mar 2024
H1 2023	27	29%	5%	24 Sept 2023
H1 2023	32	37%	9%	21 Mar 2023
H1 2022	29	32%	5%	29 Oct 2022
H1 2022	39	49%	15%	22 Mar 2022
H1 2021	37	50%	11%	8 Oct 2021
H1 2021	40	60%	13%	8 Apr 2021
H1 2020	43	63%	12%	13 Oct 2020
H1 2018	35	51%	11%	19 Mar 2018

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average is steady — within about ±2 days period to period, around 25 days.

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 25, moving within about ±2 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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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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