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East Midlands Education Trust

Registered as EAST MIDLANDS EDUCATION TRUST. Company number 07530373. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 August 2026, filed 30 September 2026.

27days on average to pay

  • Within 30 days
  • 31 to 60 days
  • Over 60 days

In the reporting period from 2 February 2026 to 31 August 2026, East Midlands Education Trust reported that it took an average of 27 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 75% of invoices within 30 days, 15% in 31 to 60 days and 10% after more than 60 days. It said 25% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 61% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. It is unchanged on the same period a year earlier (to 31 August 2025). 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 2021 35 Aug 2021 35 Feb 2022 35 Aug 2022 33 Feb 2023 30 Aug 2023 28 Feb 2024 26 Aug 2024 26 Feb 2025 27 Aug 2025 28 Feb 2026 27 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
Feb to Aug 2026 30 Sep 2026 27 75%15%10%25% Report
Sep 2025 to Feb 2026 31 Mar 2026 28 80%13%7%20% Report
Mar to Aug 2025 26 Sep 2025 27 81%12%7%19% Report
Sep 2024 to Feb 2025 27 Mar 2025 26 81%12%7%19% Report
Mar to Aug 2024 26 Sep 2024 26 80%12%8%20% Report
Sep 2023 to Feb 2024 25 Mar 2024 28 79%11%10%21% Report
Mar to Aug 2023 25 Sep 2023 30 78%13%9%22% Report
Sep 2022 to Feb 2023 21 Mar 2023 33 75%13%12%25% Report
Mar to Aug 2022 27 Sep 2022 35 72%16%12%28% Report
Sep 2021 to Feb 2022 28 Mar 2022 35 65%23%12%35% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 29 Sep 2021 35 70%18%12%30% Report
Sep 2020 to Feb 2021 8 Mar 2021 29 77%12%11%23% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 27 Sep 2020 32 77%11%12%23% Report
Sep 2019 to Feb 2020 4 Mar 2020 27 74%16%10%26% Report
Mar to Aug 2019 29 Sep 2019 25 76%20%4%24% Report
Sep 2018 to Feb 2019 14 Mar 2019 26 75%20%5%25% Report
Mar to Aug 2018 28 Sep 2018 24 75%21%4%25% Report
Sep 2017 to Feb 2018 29 Mar 2018 31 58%36%5%1% 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.