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Northumberland Church of England Academy Trust

Registered as NORTHUMBERLAND CHURCH OF ENGLAND ACADEMY TRUST. Company number 06653439. 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, Northumberland Church of England Academy Trust reported that it took an average of 32 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 54% of invoices within 30 days, 42% in 31 to 60 days and 4% after more than 60 days. It said 14% 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 31 days, so it is 1 day slower now. It reported construction contracts in this period, with no retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 49 Aug 2020 43 Feb 2021 41 Aug 2021 41 Feb 2022 35 Aug 2022 32 Feb 2023 32 Aug 2023 32 Feb 2024 35 Aug 2024 31 Aug 2025 28 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 54%42%4%14% Report
Sep 2025 to Feb 2026 30 Mar 2026 28 69%27%4%11% Report
Apr to Aug 2025 30 Sep 2025 31 56%40%4%62% Report
Sep 2024 to Feb 2025 31 Mar 2025 n/an/an/an/a Report
Apr to Aug 2024 30 Sep 2024 35 51%42%7%68% Report
Sep 2023 to Feb 2024 18 Mar 2024 32 48%48%4%63% Report
Mar to Aug 2023 1 Oct 2023 32 46%51%3%64% Report
Sep 2022 to Feb 2023 28 Mar 2023 32 50%46%4%61% Report
Mar to Aug 2022 30 Sep 2022 35 40%54%6%67% Report
Sep 2021 to Feb 2022 5 Apr 2022 41 52%41%7%55% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 14 Oct 2021 41 41%43%16%66% Report
Sep 2020 to Feb 2021 25 Mar 2021 43 51%31%18%52% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 27 Sep 2020 49 32%46%22%75% Report
Sep 2019 to Feb 2020 23 Mar 2020 39 35%58%7%74% Report
Mar to Aug 2019 30 Sep 2019 42 36%50%14%74% Report
Sep 2018 to Feb 2019 3 Sep 2019 42 29%61%10%79% Report
Mar to Aug 2018 3 Sep 2019 64 13%50%37%93% Report
Sep 2017 to Feb 2018 3 Sep 2019 59 26%39%35%81% 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.