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Creative Education Trust

Registered as CREATIVE EDUCATION TRUST. Company number 07617529. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 August 2026, filed 30 September 2026.

21days 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, Creative Education Trust reported that it took an average of 21 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 94% of invoices within 30 days, 4% in 31 to 60 days and 2% after more than 60 days. It said 6% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 77% 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 29 days, so it is 8 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 18 Feb 2021 13 Aug 2021 18 Feb 2022 18 Aug 2022 19 Feb 2023 18 Aug 2023 18 Feb 2024 23 Aug 2024 22 Feb 2025 29 Aug 2025 21 Feb 2026 21 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 21 94%4%2%6% Report
Sep 2025 to Feb 2026 26 Mar 2026 21 95%4%1%5% Report
Mar to Aug 2025 23 Sep 2025 29 83%10%7%2% Report
Sep 2024 to Feb 2025 25 Mar 2025 22 91%7%2%0% Report
Mar to Aug 2024 25 Sep 2024 23 89%8%3%0% Report
Sep 2023 to Feb 2024 20 Mar 2024 18 95%4%1%0% Report
Mar to Aug 2023 22 Sep 2023 18 95%4%1%0% Report
Sep 2022 to Feb 2023 21 Mar 2023 19 94%5%2%0% Report
Mar to Aug 2022 26 Sep 2022 18 93%6%1%0% Report
Sep 2021 to Feb 2022 22 Mar 2022 18 94%4%2%0% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 28 Sep 2021 13 94%5%1%13% Report
Sep 2020 to Feb 2021 23 Mar 2021 18 95%4%1%0% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 14 Sep 2020 17 94%5%1%0% Report
Sep 2019 to Feb 2020 4 Sep 2020 16 94%5%1%0% Report
Mar to Aug 2019 18 Sep 2019 13 95%4%1%0% Report
Sep 2018 to Feb 2019 9 Jul 2019 15 94%4%2%0% Report
Sep 2017 to Feb 2018 28 Mar 2018 16 94%5%1%0% 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.