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The Priory Federation of Academies

Registered as THE PRIORY FEDERATION OF ACADEMIES. Company number 06462935. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 August 2026, filed 30 September 2026.

30days 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 Priory Federation of Academies reported that it took an average of 30 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 73% of invoices within 30 days, 23% in 31 to 60 days and 4% after more than 60 days. It said 40% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 52% 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 28 days, so it is 2 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 33 Feb 2021 31 Aug 2021 30 Feb 2022 32 Aug 2022 30 Feb 2023 31 Aug 2023 31 Feb 2024 29 Aug 2024 28 Feb 2025 28 Aug 2025 31 Feb 2026 30 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 30 73%23%4%40% Report
Sep 2025 to Feb 2026 27 Mar 2026 31 75%20%5%39% Report
Mar to Aug 2025 26 Sep 2025 28 85%11%4%30% Report
Sep 2024 to Feb 2025 25 Mar 2025 28 84%13%3%31% Report
Mar to Aug 2024 23 Sep 2024 29 86%10%4%27% Report
Sep 2023 to Feb 2024 21 Mar 2024 31 81%12%7%33% Report
Mar to Aug 2023 28 Sep 2023 31 81%13%6%32% Report
Sep 2022 to Feb 2023 27 Mar 2023 30 83%11%6%30% Report
Mar to Aug 2022 17 Oct 2022 32 82%11%7%32% Report
Sep 2021 to Feb 2022 21 Mar 2022 30 82%12%6%33% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 24 Sep 2021 31 84%11%5%31% Report
Sep 2020 to Feb 2021 23 Mar 2021 33 72%20%8%42% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 24 Sep 2020 33 74%18%8%40% Report
Sep 2019 to Feb 2020 30 Mar 2020 31 76%18%6%41% Report
Mar to Aug 2019 17 Sep 2019 32 75%19%6%45% Report
Sep 2018 to Feb 2019 29 Mar 2019 43 44%43%13%72% Report
Mar to Aug 2018 3 Oct 2018 38 60%30%10%56% Report
Sep 2017 to Feb 2018 28 Mar 2018 38 48%40%12%68% 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.