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Delta Academies Trust

Registered as DELTA ACADEMIES TRUST. Company number 07386086. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 August 2026, filed 25 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, Delta Academies Trust reported that it took an average of 25 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 78% of invoices within 30 days, 20% in 31 to 60 days and 2% after more than 60 days. It said 22% 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 24 days, so it is 1 day slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 21 Feb 2021 17 Aug 2021 20 Feb 2022 21 Aug 2022 23 Feb 2023 25 Aug 2023 25 Feb 2024 25 Aug 2024 24 Feb 2025 24 Aug 2025 22 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 25 Sep 2026 25 78%20%2%22% Report
Sep 2025 to Feb 2026 13 Mar 2026 22 84%14%2%16% Report
Mar to Aug 2025 17 Sep 2025 24 74%24%2%2% Report
Sep 2024 to Feb 2025 12 Mar 2025 24 74%24%2%26% Report
Mar to Aug 2024 23 Sep 2024 25 71%27%2%29% Report
Sep 2023 to Feb 2024 19 Mar 2024 25 68%28%4%32% Report
Mar to Aug 2023 13 Sep 2023 25 72%24%4%28% Report
Sep 2022 to Feb 2023 10 Mar 2023 23 73%24%3%27% Report
Mar to Aug 2022 28 Sep 2022 21 77%19%4%23% Report
Oct 2021 to Feb 2022 21 Mar 2022 20 80%17%3%20% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 24 Sep 2021 17 87%11%2%13% Report
Sep 2020 to Feb 2021 27 May 2021 21 87%10%3%13% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 25 Sep 2020 18 83%13%4%17% Report
Sep 2019 to Feb 2020 25 Mar 2020 33 75%22%3%25% Report
Mar to Aug 2019 18 Sep 2019 28 71%25%4%29% Report
Sep 2018 to Feb 2019 15 Mar 2019 32 77%20%3%23% Report
Mar to Aug 2018 21 Sep 2018 25 70%26%4%30% Report
Sep 2017 to Feb 2018 28 Mar 2018 30 75%22%3%25% 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.