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Downe House School

Registered as DOWNE HOUSE SCHOOL. Company number 02645228. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 August 2026, filed 22 September 2026.

26days 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, Downe House School reported that it took an average of 26 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 76% of invoices within 30 days, 22% in 31 to 60 days and 2% after more than 60 days. It said 25% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 64% 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 34 days, so it is 8 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 25 Feb 2021 28 Aug 2021 24 Feb 2022 26 Aug 2022 25 Feb 2023 25 Aug 2023 18 Feb 2024 23 Aug 2024 28 Feb 2025 34 Aug 2025 27 Feb 2026 26 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 26 76%22%2%25% Report
Sep 2025 to Feb 2026 30 Mar 2026 27 70%27%3%25% Report
Mar to Aug 2025 26 Sep 2025 34 60%35%5%5% Report
Sep 2024 to Feb 2025 13 Mar 2025 28 63%30%7%7% Report
Mar to Aug 2024 1 Oct 2024 23 87%10%3%5% Report
Sep 2023 to Feb 2024 4 Mar 2024 18 90%8%2%5% Report
Mar to Aug 2023 18 Sep 2023 25 84%9%7%5% Report
Sep 2022 to Feb 2023 29 Mar 2023 25 85%10%5%5% Report
Mar to Aug 2022 6 Sep 2022 26 83%13%4%4% Report
Sep 2021 to Feb 2022 14 Mar 2022 24 82%14%4%4% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 23 Sep 2021 28 80%16%4%4% Report
Sep 2020 to Feb 2021 17 Mar 2021 25 81%15%4%4% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 2 Sep 2020 28 73%21%6%6% Report
Sep 2019 to Feb 2020 6 Mar 2020 27 75%19%6%6% Report
Mar to Aug 2019 2 Sep 2019 27 89%9%2%2% Report
Sep 2018 to Feb 2019 21 Mar 2019 27 76%21%3%3% Report
Mar to Aug 2018 18 Sep 2018 27 73%23%4%4% Report
Sep 2017 to Feb 2018 26 Mar 2018 25 79%18%3%3% 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.