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Core Education Trust

Registered as CORE EDUCATION TRUST. Company number 07949154. 8 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 August 2026, filed 17 September 2026.

31days 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, Core Education Trust reported that it took an average of 31 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 84% of invoices within 30 days, 12% in 31 to 60 days and 4% after more than 60 days. It said 19% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 50% 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 32 days, so it is 1 day faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 38 Feb 2023 25 Aug 2023 24 Feb 2024 22 Aug 2024 27 Feb 2025 32 Aug 2025 40 Feb 2026 31 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 17 Sep 2026 31 84%12%4%19% Report
Sep 2025 to Feb 2026 4 Mar 2026 40 50%39%11%55% Report
Mar to Aug 2025 30 Sep 2025 32 66%27%7%0% Report
Sep 2024 to Feb 2025 31 Mar 2025 27 73%25%2%47% Report
Mar to Aug 2024 30 Sep 2024 22 77%22%0%22% Report
Sep 2023 to Feb 2024 29 Apr 2024 24 61%37%2%39% Report
Mar to Aug 2023 21 Sep 2023 25 68%32%0%32% Report
Sep 2022 to Feb 2023 30 Mar 2023 38 48%41%11%52% 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.