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How long does Atlantic Centre of Excellence Multi Academy Trust take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 08782544 · 4 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Aug 2019

26days
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 Aug 2019 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30 days. Reported average: 26.

Stated terms30d
-4 days
Reported avg26d

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 66% of large companies reporting.

The pattern

Holding steady

Average days to pay across their last 4 statutory reports.

terms 30d
28
30
30
26
H1 2018H1 2018H1 2019H1 2019

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 76% 31–60 days 19% 61+ days 5%

The read · computed from their figures

Atlantic Centre of Excellence Multi Academy Trust has filed 4 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 26 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 5% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

We have no prescribed standard payment terms as such. Our payment terms will follow those prescribed by our suppliers, which are normally 30 days

Dispute resolution

Complaints – resolution achieved through initial contact with finance staff, who will interrogate finance system to confirm payment date/payment due date. Finance staff routinely reconcile supplier statements to the finance system and request copy invoices if undisputed invoices remain unpaid. The Trust centralised the Finance function at the beginning of April 2018: the Trust is working to ensure that the majority of invoices for payment should be sent to the central location rather than the individual schools, to maximize efficiency of receipting and processing of invoices within the 30 day period. It should also be noted that the Trust’s finance staff work within term times, plus additional days during holidays, so there is an expectation for suppliers to acknowledge our working periods

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20192628%5%30 Sept 2019
H1 20193030%7%19 Mar 2019
H1 20183028%7%9 Oct 2018
H1 20182831%8%28 Mar 2018

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average is steady — within about ±2 days period to period, around 26 days.
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 26, 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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