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Westcountry Schools Trust

Registered as WESTCOUNTRY SCHOOLS TRUST. Company number 07398467. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 August 2026, filed 30 September 2026.

31days 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, Westcountry Schools Trust reported that it took an average of 31 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 63% of invoices within 30 days, 30% in 31 to 60 days and 7% after more than 60 days. It said 38% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 50% 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 26 days, so it is 5 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 35 Feb 2021 33 Aug 2021 34 Feb 2022 29 Aug 2022 34 Feb 2023 30 Aug 2023 27 Feb 2024 26 Aug 2024 25 Feb 2025 26 Aug 2025 32 Feb 2026 31 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 30 Sep 2026 31 63%30%7%38% Report
Sep 2025 to Feb 2026 31 Mar 2026 32 67%25%8%33% Report
Mar to Aug 2025 30 Sep 2025 26 75%19%6%25% Report
Sep 2024 to Feb 2025 31 Mar 2025 25 77%16%7%23% Report
Mar to Aug 2024 25 Sep 2024 26 74%20%6%26% Report
Sep 2023 to Feb 2024 28 Mar 2024 27 77%17%6%23% Report
Mar to Aug 2023 29 Sep 2023 30 75%18%7%25% Report
Sep 2022 to Feb 2023 31 Mar 2023 34 63%28%9%37% Report
Mar to Aug 2022 30 Sep 2022 29 65%30%5%35% Report
Sep 2021 to Feb 2022 29 Mar 2022 34 62%29%9%38% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 29 Sep 2021 33 63%28%9%37% Report
Sep 2020 to Feb 2021 26 Mar 2021 35 61%28%11%39% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 30 Sep 2020 44 48%32%20%52% Report
Sep 2019 to Feb 2020 31 Mar 2020 34 56%34%10%44% Report
Mar to Aug 2019 30 Sep 2019 36 49%41%10%50% Report
Sep 2018 to Feb 2019 27 Mar 2019 34 56%34%10%41% Report
Mar to Aug 2018 28 Sep 2018 35 54%36%10%46% Report
Sep 2017 to Feb 2018 29 Mar 2018 37 45%43%12%54% 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.