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ST. Paul's School

Registered as ST. PAUL'S SCHOOL. Company number 06141973. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 August 2026, filed 28 September 2026.

32days 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, ST. Paul's School reported that it took an average of 32 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 73% of invoices within 30 days, 21% in 31 to 60 days and 6% after more than 60 days. It said 27% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 47% 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 33 days, so it is 1 day faster now. It reported construction contracts in this period, with no retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 38 Feb 2021 31 Aug 2021 40 Feb 2022 37 Aug 2022 31 Feb 2023 31 Aug 2023 32 Feb 2024 29 Feb 2024 30 Aug 2024 33 Aug 2025 32 Feb 2026 32 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 32 73%21%6%27% Report
Sep 2025 to Feb 2026 23 Mar 2026 32 66%28%6%34% Report
Mar to Aug 2025 26 Sep 2025 33 63%31%6%37% Report
Mar to Aug 2024 30 Sep 2024 30 82%13%5%18% Report
Sep 2023 to Feb 2024 21 Mar 2024 29 80%15%5%20% Report
Sep 2023 to Feb 2024 24 Mar 2025 32 71%22%7%29% Report
Mar to Aug 2023 29 Sep 2023 31 80%15%5%20% Report
Sep 2022 to Feb 2023 24 Mar 2023 31 74%21%5%26% Report
Mar to Aug 2022 29 Sep 2022 37 67%24%9%33% Report
Sep 2021 to Feb 2022 24 Mar 2022 40 75%18%7%25% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 30 Sep 2021 31 77%17%6%23% Report
Sep 2020 to Feb 2021 24 Mar 2021 38 76%16%8%24% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 28 Sep 2020 37 71%16%13%29% Report
Sep 2019 to Feb 2020 24 Mar 2020 32 73%18%9%27% Report
Mar to Aug 2019 30 Sep 2019 38 65%23%12%35% Report
Sep 2018 to Feb 2019 20 Mar 2019 41 49%36%15%51% Report
Mar to Aug 2018 28 Sep 2018 37 63%26%11%37% Report
Sep 2017 to Feb 2018 29 Mar 2018 37 41%48%11%59% 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.