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The Kemnal Academies Trust

Registered as THE KEMNAL ACADEMIES TRUST. Company number 07348231. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 August 2026, filed 9 October 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, The Kemnal Academies Trust reported that it took an average of 27 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 68% of invoices within 30 days, 28% in 31 to 60 days and 4% after more than 60 days. It said 38% 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 10 days, so it is 17 days slower now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 18 Feb 2021 9 Aug 2021 11 Feb 2022 10 Aug 2022 9 Feb 2023 9 Aug 2023 9 Feb 2024 10 Aug 2024 9 Feb 2025 10 Aug 2025 23 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 9 Oct 2026 27 68%28%4%38% Report
Sep 2025 to Feb 2026 30 Mar 2026 23 75%21%4%30% Report
Mar to Aug 2025 25 Sep 2025 10 96%4%0%25% Report
Sep 2024 to Feb 2025 20 Mar 2025 9 97%3%0%27% Report
Mar to Aug 2024 30 Sep 2024 10 97%3%0%26% Report
Sep 2023 to Feb 2024 28 Mar 2024 9 97%3%0%29% Report
Mar to Aug 2023 28 Sep 2023 9 97%3%0%25% Report
Sep 2022 to Feb 2023 29 Mar 2023 9 98%2%0%34% Report
Mar to Aug 2022 4 Nov 2022 10 93%5%2%14% Report
Sep 2021 to Feb 2022 30 Mar 2022 11 92%6%2%15% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 30 Sep 2021 9 94%4%2%13% Report
Sep 2020 to Feb 2021 29 Mar 2021 18 82%12%6%31% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 29 Sep 2020 11 91%7%2%16% Report
Sep 2019 to Feb 2020 30 Mar 2020 8 95%4%1%11% Report
Mar to Aug 2019 30 Sep 2019 9 95%4%1%36% Report
Sep 2018 to Feb 2019 29 Mar 2019 24 75%19%7%32% Report
Mar to Aug 2018 28 Sep 2018 21 74%19%7%35% Report
Sep 2017 to Feb 2018 28 Mar 2018 26 73%19%8%36% 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.