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The Gorse Academies Trust

Registered as THE GORSE ACADEMIES TRUST. Company number 07465701. 12 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 August 2026, filed 29 October 2026.

24days 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 Gorse Academies Trust reported that it took an average of 24 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 90% of invoices within 30 days, 6% in 31 to 60 days and 4% after more than 60 days. It said 10% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 69% 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 28 days, so it is 4 days faster now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses at a standard rate of 3%.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 29 Feb 2018 27 Aug 2018 14 Feb 2019 14 Aug 2019 11 Aug 2020 9 Feb 2021 11 Aug 2021 11 Feb 2022 19 Feb 2025 28 Aug 2025 23 Feb 2026 24 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 29 Oct 2026 24 90%6%4%10% Report
Sep 2025 to Feb 2026 16 Jun 2026 23 86%9%5%14% Report
Mar to Aug 2025 17 Nov 2025 28 84%10%6%0% Report
Sep 2024 to Feb 2025 17 Nov 2025 19 86%8%6%0% Report
Sep 2021 to Feb 2022 18 Mar 2022 11 99%1%0%0% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 25 Oct 2021 11 99%1%0%0% Report
Sep 2020 to Feb 2021 17 Mar 2021 9 99%1%0%1% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 4 Nov 2020 11 99%1%0%2% Report
Mar to Aug 2019 11 Oct 2019 14 99%1%0%3% Report
Sep 2018 to Feb 2019 20 Mar 2019 14 99%1%0%8% Report
Mar to Aug 2018 19 Oct 2018 27 78%19%3%5% Report
Sep 2017 to Feb 2018 25 Apr 2018 29 72%22%6%31% 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.