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Focus Academy Trust (UK) Ltd

Registered as FOCUS ACADEMY TRUST (UK) LTD. Company number 08071176. 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, Focus Academy Trust (UK) Ltd reported that it took an average of 21 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 85% of invoices within 30 days, 10% in 31 to 60 days and 5% after more than 60 days. It said 15% 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 30 days, so it is 9 days faster now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses at a standard rate of 2%.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 31 Feb 2021 25 Aug 2021 26 Feb 2022 23 Aug 2022 31 Feb 2023 33 Aug 2023 29 Feb 2024 28 Aug 2024 35 Feb 2025 30 Aug 2025 27 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 85%10%5%15% Report
Sep 2025 to Feb 2026 25 Mar 2026 27 77%17%6%25% Report
Mar to Aug 2025 29 Sep 2025 30 73%19%8%43% Report
Sep 2024 to Feb 2025 21 Mar 2025 35 72%16%12%45% Report
Mar to Aug 2024 25 Sep 2024 28 77%15%8%39% Report
Sep 2023 to Feb 2024 23 Apr 2024 29 71%18%11%29% Report
Mar to Aug 2023 6 Oct 2023 33 74%16%10%26% Report
Sep 2022 to Feb 2023 27 Mar 2023 31 74%16%10%26% Report
Mar to Aug 2022 3 Oct 2022 23 81%14%5%19% Report
Sep 2021 to Feb 2022 15 Mar 2022 26 77%16%7%23% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 21 Sep 2021 25 80%14%6%20% Report
Sep 2020 to Feb 2021 28 Apr 2021 31 77%13%10%23% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 15 Oct 2020 34 68%19%13%19% Report
Mar to Aug 2019 4 Nov 2019 25 81%12%7%19% Report
Sep 2018 to Feb 2019 28 Mar 2019 25 78%13%9%22% Report
Mar to Aug 2018 25 Sep 2018 25 81%14%5%19% Report
Sep 2017 to Feb 2018 27 Mar 2018 23 91%6%3%9% 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.