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Helix Learning Trust

Registered as HELIX LEARNING TRUST. Company number 07905433. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 August 2026, filed 30 September 2026.

17days 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, Helix Learning Trust reported that it took an average of 17 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 91% of invoices within 30 days, 8% in 31 to 60 days and 1% after more than 60 days. It said 25% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 86% 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.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 21 Feb 2021 22 Aug 2021 20 Feb 2022 22 Aug 2022 20 Feb 2023 19 Aug 2023 19 Feb 2024 20 Aug 2024 19 Feb 2025 17 Aug 2025 16 Feb 2026 17 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 17 91%8%1%25% Report
Sep 2025 to Feb 2026 30 Mar 2026 16 93%6%1%20% Report
Mar to Aug 2025 29 Sep 2025 17 87%12%1%28% Report
Sep 2024 to Feb 2025 31 Mar 2025 19 92%7%1%21% Report
Mar to Aug 2024 30 Sep 2024 20 89%10%1%23% Report
Sep 2023 to Feb 2024 26 Mar 2024 19 90%9%1%23% Report
Mar to Aug 2023 29 Sep 2023 19 89%10%1%24% Report
Sep 2022 to Feb 2023 31 Mar 2023 20 91%7%2%23% Report
Mar to Aug 2022 30 Sep 2022 22 88%11%1%25% Report
Sep 2021 to Feb 2022 23 Mar 2022 20 85%14%1%31% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 30 Sep 2021 22 84%15%1%26% Report
Sep 2020 to Feb 2021 24 Mar 2021 21 86%13%1%28% Report
Apr to Aug 2020 30 Sep 2020 21 87%12%1%29% Report
Sep 2019 to Feb 2020 25 Mar 2020 23 82%16%2%32% Report
Mar to Aug 2019 27 Sep 2019 21 82%16%2%37% Report
Sep 2018 to Feb 2019 29 Mar 2019 23 76%22%2%34% Report
Mar to Aug 2018 28 Sep 2018 18 83%17%0%24% Report
Sep 2017 to Feb 2018 28 Mar 2018 18 89%10%1%22% 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.