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The Perse School

Registered as THE PERSE SCHOOL. Company number 05977683. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 August 2026, filed 30 September 2026.

27days 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, The Perse School reported that it took an average of 27 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 80% of invoices within 30 days, 18% in 31 to 60 days and 2% after more than 60 days. It said 8% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 61% 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 26 days, so it is 1 day slower now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 30 Feb 2021 30 Aug 2021 25 Feb 2022 25 Aug 2022 42 Feb 2023 25 Aug 2023 29 Feb 2024 30 Aug 2024 27 Feb 2025 26 Aug 2025 29 Feb 2026 27 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 30 Sep 2026 27 80%18%2%8% Report
Sep 2025 to Feb 2026 30 Mar 2026 29 77%19%4%10% Report
Mar to Aug 2025 30 Sep 2025 26 82%16%2%7% Report
Sep 2024 to Feb 2025 27 Mar 2025 27 82%15%3%7% Report
Mar to Aug 2024 30 Sep 2024 30 81%17%2%7% Report
Sep 2023 to Feb 2024 28 Mar 2024 29 81%16%3%7% Report
Mar to Aug 2023 29 Sep 2023 25 84%14%2%6% Report
Sep 2022 to Feb 2023 31 Mar 2023 42 81%19%1%7% Report
Mar to Aug 2022 28 Sep 2022 25 86%13%1%4% Report
Sep 2021 to Feb 2022 28 Mar 2022 25 86%13%1%4% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 30 Sep 2021 30 66%27%7%16% Report
Sep 2020 to Feb 2021 26 Mar 2021 30 65%28%7%17% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 30 Sep 2020 34 58%31%12%22% Report
Sep 2019 to Feb 2020 27 Mar 2020 38 49%48%3%11% Report
Mar to Aug 2019 26 Sep 2019 31 48%50%1%9% Report
Sep 2018 to Feb 2019 27 Mar 2019 34 41%56%3%12% Report
Mar to Aug 2018 27 Sep 2018 33 40%57%3%14% Report
Sep 2017 to Feb 2018 27 Mar 2018 33 39%59%2%10% 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.