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Teach First

Registered as TEACH FIRST. Company number 04478840. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 August 2026, filed 28 September 2026.

21days 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, Teach First reported that it took an average of 21 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 97% of invoices within 30 days, 3% in 31 to 60 days and 0% after more than 60 days. It said 3% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 77% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. It is unchanged on the same period a year earlier (to 31 August 2025).

Average days to pay, report by report

30 23 Feb 2021 19 Aug 2021 17 Feb 2022 18 Aug 2022 18 Feb 2023 16 Aug 2023 24 Feb 2024 23 Aug 2024 22 Feb 2025 21 Aug 2025 23 Feb 2026 21 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 28 Sep 2026 21 97%3%0%3% Report
Sep 2025 to Feb 2026 27 Mar 2026 23 94%5%1%6% Report
Mar to Aug 2025 26 Sep 2025 21 97%3%0%0% Report
Sep 2024 to Feb 2025 28 Mar 2025 22 94%5%1%5% Report
Mar to Aug 2024 27 Sep 2024 23 91%8%1%8% Report
Sep 2023 to Feb 2024 28 Mar 2024 24 91%8%1%9% Report
Mar to Aug 2023 29 Sep 2023 16 97%3%0%3% Report
Sep 2022 to Feb 2023 22 Mar 2023 18 96%3%1%3% Report
Mar to Aug 2022 23 Sep 2022 18 93%5%2%4% Report
Sep 2021 to Feb 2022 22 Mar 2022 17 94%6%0%6% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 29 Sep 2021 19 93%5%2%6% Report
Sep 2020 to Feb 2021 29 Mar 2021 23 82%14%4%17% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 25 Sep 2020 22 85%12%3%14% Report
Sep 2019 to Feb 2020 7 Apr 2020 22 89%8%3%8% Report
Mar to Aug 2019 24 Sep 2019 21 89%7%3%7% Report
Sep 2018 to Feb 2019 19 Mar 2019 30 79%12%9%18% Report
Mar to Aug 2018 28 Sep 2018 36 75%14%11%20% Report
Sep 2017 to Feb 2018 30 Nov 2018 37 66%19%15%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.