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The Co-Operative Academies Trust

Registered as THE CO-OPERATIVE ACADEMIES TRUST. Company number 07747126. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 August 2026, filed 30 September 2026.

34days 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 Co-Operative Academies Trust reported that it took an average of 34 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 60% of invoices within 30 days, 31% in 31 to 60 days and 9% after more than 60 days. It said 40% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 42% 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 33 days, so it is 1 day slower now. It reported construction contracts in this period, with no retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 36 Feb 2021 30 Aug 2021 36 Feb 2022 37 Aug 2022 40 Feb 2023 35 Aug 2023 39 Feb 2024 41 Aug 2024 35 Feb 2025 33 Aug 2025 36 Feb 2026 34 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 34 60%31%9%40% Report
Sep 2025 to Feb 2026 30 Sep 2026 36 55%34%11%45% Report
Mar to Aug 2025 29 Sep 2025 33 58%33%9%42% Report
Sep 2024 to Feb 2025 21 Mar 2025 35 56%34%10%44% Report
Mar to Aug 2024 30 Sep 2024 41 51%38%11%49% Report
Sep 2023 to Feb 2024 21 Mar 2025 39 53%35%12%47% Report
Mar to Aug 2023 21 Mar 2025 35 58%34%8%42% Report
Sep 2022 to Feb 2023 21 Mar 2025 40 54%35%11%46% Report
Mar to Aug 2022 21 Mar 2025 37 55%37%8%45% Report
Sep 2021 to Feb 2022 21 Mar 2025 36 56%34%10%44% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 10 Feb 2022 30 93%6%1%93% Report
Sep 2020 to Feb 2021 24 Mar 2025 36 56%34%10%44% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 24 Mar 2025 36 59%31%10%41% Report
Sep 2019 to Feb 2020 24 Mar 2025 36 54%36%10%46% Report
Mar to Aug 2019 24 Mar 2025 39 50%39%11%50% Report
Sep 2018 to Feb 2019 24 Mar 2025 41 40%43%17%60% Report
Mar to Aug 2018 24 Mar 2025 0 100%0%0%0% Report
Sep 2017 to Feb 2018 29 Mar 2018 13 100%0%0%17% 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.