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The David Ross Education Trust

Registered as THE DAVID ROSS EDUCATION TRUST. Company number 06182612. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 August 2026, filed 28 September 2026.

25days 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 David Ross Education Trust reported that it took an average of 25 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 84% of invoices within 30 days, 10% in 31 to 60 days and 6% after more than 60 days. It said 16% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 66% 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 24 days, so it is 1 day slower now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses at a standard rate of 5%.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 46 Feb 2021 35 Aug 2021 38 Feb 2022 32 Aug 2022 54 Feb 2023 50 Aug 2023 41 Feb 2024 29 Aug 2024 32 Feb 2025 24 Aug 2025 28 Feb 2026 25 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 25 84%10%6%16% Report
Sep 2025 to Feb 2026 20 Mar 2026 28 78%14%8%14% Report
Mar to Aug 2025 9 Sep 2025 24 83%11%6%17% Report
Sep 2024 to Feb 2025 19 Mar 2025 32 78%12%10%22% Report
Mar to Aug 2024 27 Sep 2024 29 79%12%9%17% Report
Sep 2023 to Feb 2024 29 Mar 2024 41 73%14%14%27% Report
Mar to Aug 2023 22 Sep 2023 50 62%17%21%38% Report
Sep 2022 to Feb 2023 3 Apr 2023 54 45%24%31%55% Report
Mar to Aug 2022 30 Sep 2022 32 65%22%13%35% Report
Sep 2021 to Feb 2022 18 Mar 2022 38 62%22%16%38% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 28 Sep 2021 35 50%41%9%50% Report
Sep 2020 to Feb 2021 10 Mar 2021 46 58%26%16%42% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 1 Oct 2020 50 58%23%19%42% Report
Sep 2019 to Feb 2020 16 Apr 2020 50 47%28%25%53% Report
Mar to Aug 2019 20 Sep 2019 49 36%40%24%64% Report
Sep 2018 to Feb 2019 27 Mar 2019 53 34%37%29%66% Report
Mar to Aug 2018 3 Oct 2018 42 52%34%14%48% Report
Sep 2017 to Feb 2018 16 May 2018 47 52%28%20%48% 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.