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Lift Schools

Registered as LIFT SCHOOLS. Company number 06625091. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 August 2026, filed 27 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, Lift Schools reported that it took an average of 27 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 76% of invoices within 30 days, 19% in 31 to 60 days and 5% after more than 60 days. It said 12% 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 28 days, so it is 1 day faster now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 26 Feb 2021 23 Aug 2021 25 Feb 2022 29 Aug 2022 39 Feb 2023 30 Aug 2023 30 Feb 2024 26 Aug 2024 27 Feb 2025 28 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 27 Sep 2026 27 76%19%5%12% Report
Sep 2025 to Feb 2026 30 Mar 2026 29 74%20%6%11% Report
Mar to Aug 2025 23 Sep 2025 28 74%20%6%12% Report
Sep 2024 to Feb 2025 28 Mar 2025 27 77%16%7%5% Report
Mar to Aug 2024 27 Sep 2024 26 77%17%6%5% Report
Sep 2023 to Feb 2024 11 Oct 2024 30 74%17%9%6% Report
Mar to Aug 2023 22 Sep 2023 30 75%18%7%5% Report
Sep 2022 to Feb 2023 24 Mar 2023 39 71%16%13%32% Report
Mar to Aug 2022 28 Sep 2022 29 84%9%7%20% Report
Sep 2021 to Feb 2022 25 Mar 2022 25 83%11%6%20% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 28 Sep 2021 23 85%9%6%19% Report
Sep 2020 to Feb 2021 23 Mar 2021 26 80%13%7%27% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 30 Sep 2020 27 78%12%10%30% Report
Sep 2019 to Feb 2020 6 Apr 2020 37 59%27%14%47% Report
Mar to Aug 2019 26 Sep 2019 26 74%20%6%34% Report
Sep 2018 to Feb 2019 27 Mar 2019 26 75%19%6%34% Report
Mar to Aug 2018 28 Sep 2018 33 70%22%8%39% Report
Sep 2017 to Feb 2018 29 Mar 2018 30 70%22%8%30% 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.