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Education Development Trust

Registered as EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT TRUST. Company number 00867944. 16 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 August 2026, filed 24 September 2026.

36days 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, Education Development Trust reported that it took an average of 36 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 61% of invoices within 30 days, 31% in 31 to 60 days and 8% after more than 60 days. It said 2% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 37% 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 21 days, so it is 15 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 21 Feb 2021 22 Aug 2021 22 Feb 2022 21 Aug 2022 21 Feb 2023 21 Aug 2023 22 Feb 2024 20 Aug 2024 19 Feb 2025 21 Aug 2025 21 Feb 2026 36 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 24 Sep 2026 36 61%31%8%2% Report
Sep 2025 to Feb 2026 30 Mar 2026 21 92%7%1%6% Report
Mar to Aug 2025 23 Sep 2025 21 92%7%1%8% Report
Sep 2024 to Feb 2025 24 Mar 2025 19 92%7%1%8% Report
Mar to Aug 2024 30 Sep 2024 20 87%12%1%13% Report
Sep 2023 to Feb 2024 25 Mar 2024 22 83%15%2%17% Report
Mar to Aug 2023 28 Sep 2023 21 86%13%1%14% Report
Sep 2022 to Feb 2023 31 Mar 2023 21 87%13%0%13% Report
Mar to Aug 2022 21 Sep 2022 21 84%16%0%16% Report
Sep 2021 to Feb 2022 29 Mar 2022 22 81%19%0%19% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 6 Oct 2021 22 83%17%0%17% Report
Sep 2020 to Feb 2021 23 Mar 2021 21 91%8%1%9% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 29 Sep 2020 21 91%8%1%9% Report
Sep 2019 to Feb 2020 19 Mar 2020 22 82%17%1%18% Report
Mar to Aug 2019 27 Sep 2019 22 85%14%1%15% Report
Sep 2018 to Feb 2019 27 Mar 2019 21 85%14%1%15% 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.