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Canford School,Limited

Registered as CANFORD SCHOOL,LIMITED. Company number 00190956. 15 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 January 2026, filed 19 February 2026.

28days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 August 2025 to 31 January 2026, Canford School,Limited reported that it took an average of 28 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 85% of invoices within 30 days, 14% in 31 to 60 days and 1% after more than 60 days. It said 12% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 58% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 31 January 2025, the average was 26 days, so it is 2 days slower now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses at a standard rate of 3%.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 27 Jul 2020 30 Jan 2021 29 Jul 2021 31 Jan 2022 32 Jul 2022 30 Jan 2023 30 Jul 2023 33 Jan 2024 31 Jul 2024 26 Jan 2025 28 Jul 2025 28 Jan 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
Aug 2025 to Jan 2026 19 Feb 2026 28 85%14%1%12% Report
Feb to Jul 2025 20 Oct 2025 28 82%15%3%14% Report
Aug 2024 to Jan 2025 23 May 2025 26 64%33%3%33% Report
Feb to Jul 2024 21 Oct 2024 31 65%33%2%18% Report
Aug 2023 to Jan 2024 5 Jul 2024 33 49%47%4%32% Report
Feb to Jul 2023 2 Oct 2023 30 55%43%2%28% Report
Aug 2022 to Jan 2023 17 Apr 2023 30 52%47%1%30% Report
Feb to Jul 2022 6 Sep 2022 32 62%37%1%22% Report
Aug 2021 to Jan 2022 26 Apr 2022 31 59%40%1%23% Report
Feb to Jul 2021 9 Aug 2021 29 62%36%2%18% Report
Aug 2020 to Jan 2021 9 Feb 2021 30 60%39%1%22% Report
Feb to Jul 2020 11 Aug 2020 27 70%27%3%16% Report
Aug 2019 to Jan 2020 5 May 2020 27 59%40%1%25% Report
Feb to Jul 2019 8 Aug 2019 30 55%44%1%8% Report
Aug 2018 to Jan 2019 5 Mar 2019 28 63%33%4%25% 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.