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How long does Lion Education Trust take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 09161091 · Education · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 28 Feb 2026

7days
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
5 Aug 2014
Registered office
BARCLAY PRIMARY SCHOOL, LEYTON, E10 6EJ
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 May 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30 days. Reported average: 7.

Stated terms30d
-23 days
Reported avg7d

At a glance

The key figures

30d
their stated terms
4%
invoices paid outside terms
±3d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 97% of the 303 large companies reporting in education.

The pattern

Holding steady

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d
9
4
3
4
9
7
H1 2023H1 2024H1 2024H1 2025H1 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 97% 31–60 days 1% 61+ days 2%

The read · computed from their figures

Lion Education Trust has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 7 days against stated terms of 30 days.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±3 days period to period.

In the latest period 4% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 2% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard payment terms are 30 days unless specifically agreed.

Dispute resolution

Any disputes should be raised with [email protected] in the first instance. If unsatisfied with the response, please escalate to the Chief Financial Controller: [email protected].

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 202674%2%9 Mar 2026
H1 202596%0%1 Sept 2025
H1 202543%1%28 Feb 2025
H1 202431%0%28 Oct 2024
H1 202441%0%5 Mar 2024
H1 202391%0%12 Sept 2023
H1 202381%1%22 Mar 2023
H1 202281%0%1 Sept 2022
H1 202271%0%3 Mar 2022
H1 202151%0%21 Sept 2021
H1 202162%1%1 Mar 2021
H1 202084%1%3 Sept 2020
H1 2020106%1%18 Mar 2020
H1 201964%0%27 Nov 2019
H1 201964%0%11 Apr 2019
H1 201896%1%13 Dec 2018
H1 201887%1%13 Dec 2018

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average is steady — within about ±3 days period to period, around 7 days.
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 7, moving within about ±3 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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