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Beyond Schools Trust

Registered as BEYOND SCHOOLS TRUST. Company number 07401701. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 August 2026, filed 28 September 2026.

33days 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, Beyond Schools Trust reported that it took an average of 33 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 69% of invoices within 30 days, 20% in 31 to 60 days and 11% after more than 60 days. It said 2% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 44% 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 30 days, so it is 3 days slower now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 8 Feb 2021 14 Aug 2021 32 Feb 2022 26 Aug 2022 30 Feb 2023 21 Aug 2023 27 Feb 2024 28 Aug 2024 32 Feb 2025 30 Aug 2025 33 Feb 2026 33 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 33 69%20%11%2% Report
Sep 2025 to Feb 2026 27 Mar 2026 33 66%23%11%4% Report
Mar to Aug 2025 29 Sep 2025 30 67%24%9%4% Report
Sep 2024 to Feb 2025 24 Mar 2025 32 69%21%10%6% Report
Mar to Aug 2024 26 Sep 2024 28 71%23%6%4% Report
Sep 2023 to Feb 2024 26 Mar 2024 27 78%13%9%25% Report
Mar to Aug 2023 27 Sep 2023 21 86%11%3%18% Report
Sep 2022 to Feb 2023 28 Mar 2023 30 79%13%8%24% Report
Mar to Aug 2022 28 Sep 2022 26 77%17%6%26% Report
Sep 2021 to Feb 2022 28 Mar 2022 32 70%21%9%34% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 29 Sep 2021 14 97%1%2%6% Report
Sep 2020 to Feb 2021 31 Mar 2021 8 98%1%1%5% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 29 Sep 2020 26 79%13%8%25% Report
Sep 2019 to Feb 2020 19 Mar 2020 26 77%16%7%27% Report
Mar to Aug 2019 26 Sep 2019 23 84%10%6%21% Report
Sep 2018 to Feb 2019 21 Mar 2019 59 49%26%25%55% Report
Mar to Aug 2018 21 Mar 2019 56 38%34%28%65% Report
Sep 2017 to Feb 2018 21 Mar 2019 41 50%32%18%53% 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.