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South East Essex Academy Trust

Registered as SOUTH EAST ESSEX ACADEMY TRUST. Company number 07527304. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 August 2026, filed 28 September 2026.

23days 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, South East Essex Academy Trust reported that it took an average of 23 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 88% of invoices within 30 days, 9% in 31 to 60 days and 3% after more than 60 days. It said 6% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 72% 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 21 days, so it is 2 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 19 Feb 2021 17 Aug 2021 20 Feb 2022 20 Aug 2022 23 Feb 2023 23 Aug 2023 28 Feb 2024 29 Aug 2024 24 Feb 2025 21 Aug 2025 24 Feb 2026 23 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 23 88%9%3%6% Report
Sep 2025 to Feb 2026 16 Mar 2026 24 84%12%4%5% Report
Mar to Aug 2025 29 Sep 2025 21 89%7%4%11% Report
Sep 2024 to Feb 2025 17 Mar 2025 24 83%12%5%17% Report
Mar to Aug 2024 30 Sep 2024 29 77%14%9%23% Report
Sep 2023 to Feb 2024 21 Mar 2024 28 75%17%8%5% Report
Mar to Aug 2023 26 Sep 2023 23 77%20%3%23% Report
Sep 2022 to Feb 2023 13 Apr 2023 23 78%18%4%22% Report
Mar to Aug 2022 27 Sep 2022 20 83%15%2%17% Report
Sep 2021 to Feb 2022 25 Mar 2022 20 86%11%2%13% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 29 Sep 2021 17 87%10%3%13% Report
Sep 2020 to Feb 2021 25 Mar 2021 19 84%13%3%16% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 29 Sep 2020 16 89%8%3%11% Report
Sep 2019 to Feb 2020 11 Mar 2020 18 91%7%2%10% Report
Mar to Aug 2019 30 Sep 2019 21 82%15%3%17% Report
Sep 2018 to Feb 2019 27 Mar 2019 18 91%7%2%9% Report
Mar to Aug 2018 5 Oct 2018 19 85%11%4%14% Report
Sep 2017 to Feb 2018 22 Jun 2018 21 85%10%5%13% 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.