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Acorn Education Trust

Registered as ACORN EDUCATION TRUST. Company number 07654902. 14 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 August 2026, filed 14 September 2026.

16days 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, Acorn Education Trust reported that it took an average of 16 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 92% of invoices within 30 days, 6% in 31 to 60 days and 2% after more than 60 days. It said 0% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 88% 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 17 days, so it is 1 day faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 24 Feb 2021 24 Aug 2021 20 Feb 2022 20 Aug 2022 23 Feb 2023 24 Aug 2023 20 Feb 2024 18 Aug 2024 20 Feb 2025 17 Aug 2025 15 Feb 2026 16 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 14 Sep 2026 16 92%6%2%0% Report
Sep 2025 to Feb 2026 6 Mar 2026 15 92%6%2%0% Report
Feb to Aug 2025 12 Sep 2025 17 92%5%3%0% Report
Sep 2024 to Feb 2025 7 Mar 2025 20 88%8%4%0% Report
Mar to Aug 2024 9 Sep 2024 18 88%8%4%0% Report
Sep 2023 to Feb 2024 12 Mar 2024 20 85%7%6%1% Report
Mar to Aug 2023 27 Sep 2023 24 84%10%6%16% Report
Sep 2022 to Feb 2023 14 Mar 2023 23 78%14%8%0% Report
Mar to Aug 2022 6 Oct 2022 20 85%11%4%0% Report
Sep 2021 to Feb 2022 9 Mar 2022 20 82%13%5%0% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 27 Sep 2021 24 99%0%0%1% Report
Sep 2020 to Feb 2021 9 Mar 2021 24 77%15%9%23% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 21 Sep 2020 38 66%17%18%42% Report
Sep 2019 to Feb 2020 9 Mar 2020 19 89%7%4%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.