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Leigh Academies Trust

Registered as LEIGH ACADEMIES TRUST. Company number 02336587. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 August 2026, filed 22 September 2026.

25days 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, Leigh Academies Trust reported that it took an average of 25 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 72% of invoices within 30 days, 23% in 31 to 60 days and 5% after more than 60 days. It said 28% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 66% 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 26 days, so it is 1 day faster 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 14 Feb 2021 16 Aug 2021 11 Feb 2022 11 Aug 2022 11 Feb 2023 10 Aug 2023 11 Feb 2024 11 Aug 2024 30 Feb 2025 26 Aug 2025 22 Feb 2026 25 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 22 Sep 2026 25 72%23%5%28% Report
Sep 2025 to Feb 2026 30 Mar 2026 22 77%20%3%23% Report
Mar to Aug 2025 30 Sep 2025 26 71%22%7%36% Report
Sep 2024 to Feb 2025 27 Mar 2025 30 68%25%7%38% Report
Mar to Aug 2024 4 Dec 2024 11 94%4%2%14% Report
Sep 2023 to Feb 2024 20 May 2024 11 94%5%1%13% Report
Mar to Aug 2023 20 May 2024 10 94%5%1%13% Report
Sep 2022 to Feb 2023 20 May 2024 11 94%5%1%14% Report
Mar to Aug 2022 20 May 2024 11 96%3%1%12% Report
Sep 2021 to Feb 2022 20 May 2024 11 94%5%1%16% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 20 May 2024 16 95%4%1%21% Report
Sep 2020 to Feb 2021 20 May 2024 14 92%6%2%22% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 12 Jan 2021 11 95%4%1%20% Report
Sep 2019 to Feb 2020 27 Mar 2020 12 93%6%1%23% Report
Mar to Aug 2019 26 Sep 2019 12 94%5%1%18% Report
Sep 2018 to Feb 2019 29 Mar 2019 14 93%5%2%30% Report
Mar to Aug 2018 28 Sep 2018 14 92%6%2%31% Report
Sep 2017 to Feb 2018 29 Mar 2018 13 93%6%1%32% 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.