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Aqa Education

Registered as AQA EDUCATION. Company number 03644723. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 15 October 2026.

22days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 April 2026 to 30 September 2026, Aqa Education reported that it took an average of 22 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 90% of invoices within 30 days, 8% in 31 to 60 days and 2% after more than 60 days. It said 23% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 75% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 30 September 2025, the average was 25 days, so it is 3 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 13 Mar 2021 29 Sep 2021 53 Mar 2022 38 Sep 2022 31 Mar 2023 38 Sep 2023 38 Mar 2024 25 Sep 2024 25 Mar 2025 25 Sep 2025 25 Mar 2026 22 Sep 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
Apr to Sep 2026 15 Oct 2026 22 90%8%2%23% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 21 Apr 2026 25 88%9%3%25% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 6 Nov 2025 25 93%5%2%22% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 22 Apr 2025 25 90%7%3%25% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 11 Oct 2024 25 85%9%6%32% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 2 May 2024 38 75%15%10%46% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 7 Nov 2023 38 67%20%13%33% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 4 May 2023 31 72%18%10%39% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 1 Nov 2022 38 56%33%11%37% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 3 May 2022 53 24%55%21%61% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 18 Nov 2021 29 44%54%2%57% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 30 Apr 2021 13 89%5%6%11% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 23 Oct 2020 13 87%6%7%11% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 4 May 2020 6 89%5%6%11% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 1 Nov 2019 6 92%5%3%61% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 30 Apr 2019 52 80%7%13%46% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 2 Nov 2018 60 83%7%10%23% 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.