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United Church Schools Trust

Registered as UNITED CHURCH SCHOOLS TRUST. Company number 02780748. 16 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 August 2025, filed 24 July 2026.

25days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 March 2025 to 31 August 2025, United Church Schools Trust reported that it took an average of 25 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 81% of invoices within 30 days, 14% in 31 to 60 days and 5% after more than 60 days. It said 9% 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 2024, the average was 27 days, so it is 2 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 39 Feb 2020 35 Aug 2020 34 Feb 2021 32 Aug 2021 29 Feb 2022 31 Aug 2022 30 Feb 2023 30 Aug 2023 27 Feb 2024 27 Aug 2024 28 Feb 2025 25 Aug 2025

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 2025 24 Jul 2026 25 81%14%5%9% Report
Sep 2024 to Feb 2025 24 Jul 2026 28 76%16%8%12% Report
Mar to Aug 2024 24 Jul 2026 27 77%17%6%14% Report
Sep 2023 to Feb 2024 7 May 2024 27 77%17%7%14% Report
Mar to Aug 2023 11 Dec 2023 30 77%18%5%14% Report
Sep 2022 to Feb 2023 5 May 2023 30 73%19%8%18% Report
Mar to Aug 2022 4 Jan 2023 31 68%22%10%22% Report
Sep 2021 to Feb 2022 4 Jan 2023 29 74%18%8%17% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 4 Jan 2023 32 72%20%8%19% Report
Sep 2020 to Feb 2021 4 Jan 2023 34 68%21%11%24% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 4 Jan 2023 35 66%22%12%25% Report
Sep 2019 to Feb 2020 4 Jan 2023 39 60%24%16%33% Report
Mar to Aug 2019 1 Oct 2019 37 62%28%10%28% Report
Sep 2018 to Feb 2019 23 Jul 2019 45 52%31%17%35% Report
Mar to Aug 2018 23 Jul 2019 40 57%30%13%32% Report
Sep 2017 to Feb 2018 27 Sep 2018 44 38%47%15%29% 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.