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Thomas Deacon Education Trust

Registered as THOMAS DEACON EDUCATION TRUST. Company number 05090788. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 August 2026, filed 10 September 2026.

33days 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, Thomas Deacon Education Trust reported that it took an average of 33 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 41% of invoices within 30 days, 57% in 31 to 60 days and 2% after more than 60 days. It said 5% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 44% 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 38 days, so it is 5 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 48 Feb 2021 49 Aug 2021 44 Feb 2022 43 Aug 2022 44 Feb 2023 38 Aug 2023 40 Feb 2024 39 Aug 2024 40 Feb 2025 38 Aug 2025 39 Feb 2026 33 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 10 Sep 2026 33 41%57%2%5% Report
Sep 2025 to Feb 2026 16 Mar 2026 39 28%68%4%23% Report
Mar to Aug 2025 23 Sep 2025 38 36%58%6%13% Report
Sep 2024 to Feb 2025 27 Mar 2025 40 37%54%9%18% Report
Mar to Aug 2024 11 Sep 2024 39 41%53%6%11% Report
Sep 2023 to Feb 2024 22 Mar 2024 40 36%55%9%19% Report
Mar to Aug 2023 28 Sep 2023 38 40%54%6%14% Report
Sep 2022 to Feb 2023 23 Mar 2023 44 33%55%12%23% Report
Mar to Aug 2022 30 Sep 2022 43 36%55%9%18% Report
Sep 2021 to Feb 2022 25 Mar 2022 44 31%55%14%24% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 28 Sep 2021 49 36%54%10%18% Report
Sep 2020 to Feb 2021 30 Mar 2021 48 30%54%16%24% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 29 Sep 2020 47 42%42%16%27% Report
Sep 2019 to Feb 2020 1 Apr 2020 52 29%52%19%28% Report
Mar to Aug 2019 26 Sep 2019 42 34%57%9%16% Report
Sep 2018 to Feb 2019 27 Mar 2019 41 34%57%9%19% Report
Mar to Aug 2018 18 Sep 2018 46 31%60%9%24% Report
Sep 2017 to Feb 2018 13 Mar 2018 50 31%52%17%20% 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.