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Stowe School Limited

Registered as STOWE SCHOOL LIMITED. Company number 00187251. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 August 2026, filed 25 September 2026.

23days on average to pay

  • Within 30 days
  • 31 to 60 days
  • Over 60 days

In the reporting period from 1 March 2026 to 31 August 2026, Stowe School Limited reported that it took an average of 23 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 84% of invoices within 30 days, 14% in 31 to 60 days and 2% after more than 60 days. It said 16% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 72% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 31 August 2025, the average was 24 days, so it is 1 day faster now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 28 Feb 2021 25 Aug 2021 29 Feb 2022 30 Aug 2022 29 Feb 2023 26 Aug 2023 25 Feb 2024 25 Aug 2024 25 Feb 2025 24 Aug 2025 22 Feb 2026 23 Aug 2026

Bars are labelled with the month the period ended. The dashed line marks 30 days.

Every report filed

PeriodFiledAverage daysWithin 30 days31 to 60Over 60Not within termsSource
Mar to Aug 2026 25 Sep 2026 23 84%14%2%16% Report
Sep 2025 to Feb 2026 27 Mar 2026 22 84%14%2%15% Report
Mar to Aug 2025 30 Sep 2025 24 79%18%3%19% Report
Sep 2024 to Feb 2025 25 Mar 2025 25 81%16%3%20% Report
Mar to Aug 2024 30 Sep 2024 25 83%14%3%17% Report
Sep 2023 to Feb 2024 18 Mar 2024 25 80%16%5%18% Report
Mar to Aug 2023 28 Sep 2023 26 77%20%4%17% Report
Sep 2022 to Feb 2023 23 Mar 2023 29 71%29%0%21% Report
Mar to Aug 2022 2 Nov 2022 30 67%26%7%24% Report
Sep 2021 to Feb 2022 31 Mar 2022 29 65%30%5%28% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 1 Oct 2021 25 76%20%4%17% Report
Sep 2020 to Feb 2021 29 Mar 2021 28 67%29%4%16% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 30 Sep 2020 29 69%25%6%19% Report
Sep 2019 to Feb 2020 11 Mar 2020 25 72%25%3%14% Report
Mar to Aug 2019 27 Sep 2019 25 73%24%3%13% Report
Sep 2018 to Feb 2019 18 Mar 2019 26 71%26%3%13% Report
Mar to Aug 2018 21 Sep 2018 25 74%23%3%11% Report
Sep 2017 to Feb 2018 23 Mar 2018 22 80%18%2%10% Report

Source: the company's filings on Check payment practices. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are as filed. We do not change them.