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Northern Education Trust

Registered as NORTHERN EDUCATION TRUST. Company number 07189647. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 August 2026, filed 7 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, Northern Education Trust reported that it took an average of 25 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 82% of invoices within 30 days, 15% in 31 to 60 days and 3% after more than 60 days. It said 18% 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 31 days, so it is 6 days faster now. It reported construction contracts in this period, with no retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 18 Feb 2021 19 Aug 2021 51 Feb 2022 38 Aug 2022 33 Feb 2023 31 Aug 2023 33 Feb 2024 36 Aug 2024 38 Mar 2025 31 Aug 2025 39 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 7 Sep 2026 25 82%15%3%18% Report
Sep 2025 to Feb 2026 17 Mar 2026 39 56%35%9%44% Report
Mar to Aug 2025 30 Sep 2025 31 74%22%4%32% Report
Sep 2024 to Mar 2025 1 Apr 2025 38 59%32%9%55% Report
Mar to Aug 2024 1 Oct 2024 36 54%39%7%52% Report
Sep 2023 to Feb 2024 26 Mar 2024 33 70%25%5%44% Report
Mar to Aug 2023 27 Sep 2023 31 77%19%4%49% Report
Sep 2022 to Feb 2023 29 Mar 2023 33 72%22%6%65% Report
Mar to Aug 2022 30 Sep 2022 38 46%46%8%63% Report
Sep 2021 to Feb 2022 31 Mar 2022 51 31%50%19%76% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 29 Sep 2021 19 96%3%1%15% Report
Sep 2020 to Feb 2021 29 Mar 2021 18 98%1%1%17% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 25 Sep 2020 18 97%2%1%15% Report
Sep 2019 to Feb 2020 23 Mar 2020 21 94%5%1%18% Report
Mar to Aug 2019 26 Sep 2019 22 97%2%1%20% Report
Sep 2018 to Feb 2019 11 Mar 2019 26 92%6%2%21% Report
Mar to Aug 2018 17 Sep 2018 20 92%7%1%16% Report
Sep 2017 to Feb 2018 27 Mar 2018 18 94%5%1%14% 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.