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How long does Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh take to pay its suppliers?

CRN SC007335 · Education · 18 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Jul 2026

30days
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/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Incorporated
22 Nov 1909
Registered office
QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY DRIVE, EAST LOTHIAN, EH21 6UU
5 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Apr 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30 days. Reported average: 30.

Stated terms30d
on terms
Reported avg30d

At a glance

The key figures

30d
their stated terms
26%
invoices paid outside terms
+16d
slower over the window
±9d
variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 72% of the 303 large companies reporting in education.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d
14
13
12
21
30
30
H1 2024H1 2024H1 2025H1 2025H1 2026H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 74% 31–60 days 20% 61+ days 6%

The read · computed from their figures

Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh has filed 18 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 30 days against stated terms of 30 days.

The direction is slower: from 14 to 30 days over the window — about 16 days slower.

In the latest period 26% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 6% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Unless special terms are agreed, it is the University’s policy to pay invoices 30 days from the date of the invoice (in accordance with the CBI prompt payment code). In agreements negotiated with suppliers, the University endeavours to include and abide by specific payment terms.

Dispute resolution

We advise the supplier that the invoice is in dispute with the budget holder and the budget holder liaises direct with the supplier to get matters resolved.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20263026%6%4 Aug 2026
H1 20263084%8%17 Mar 2026
H1 20252131%2%29 Aug 2025
H1 2025125%0%3 Mar 2025
H1 2024135%0%27 Aug 2024
H1 2024146%0%26 Feb 2024
H1 2023155%0%29 Aug 2023
H1 2023157%1%14 Feb 2023
H1 2022166%0%31 Aug 2022
H1 2022156%0%25 Feb 2022
H1 2021144%0%25 Aug 2021
H1 20211710%0%24 Feb 2021
H1 2020179%2%25 Aug 2020
H1 2020157%0%2 Mar 2020
H1 20192723%3%28 Nov 2019
H1 20192018%1%26 Feb 2019
H1 20182735%3%29 Aug 2018
H1 20182837%4%1 May 2018

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 16 days slower over the window (14 → 30 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 30, moving within about ±9 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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