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Discovery Schools Academies Trust Ltd

Registered as DISCOVERY SCHOOLS ACADEMIES TRUST LTD. Company number 08104111. 14 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 August 2024, filed 26 September 2024.

34days on average to pay

  • Within 30 days
  • 31 to 60 days
  • Over 60 days

In the reporting period from 1 March 2024 to 31 August 2024, Discovery Schools Academies Trust Ltd reported that it took an average of 34 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 70% of invoices within 30 days, 24% in 31 to 60 days and 6% after more than 60 days. It said 8% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

A year earlier, in the period to 31 August 2023, the average was 14 days, so it is 20 days slower now.

This company has not filed a report for a period ending since May 2025, so it is not in our current tables. Companies stop reporting when they no longer meet the size test, are restructured or close.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 12 Feb 2019 11 Aug 2019 14 Feb 2020 9 Aug 2020 9 Feb 2021 8 Aug 2021 11 Feb 2022 13 Aug 2022 13 Feb 2023 14 Aug 2023 12 Feb 2024 34 Aug 2024

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 2024 26 Sep 2024 34 70%24%6%8% Report
Sep 2023 to Feb 2024 5 Mar 2024 12 97%2%1%10% Report
Mar to Aug 2023 3 Oct 2023 14 95%5%0%13% Report
Sep 2022 to Feb 2023 23 Mar 2023 13 97%3%0%14% Report
Mar to Aug 2022 28 Sep 2022 13 95%5%0%15% Report
Sep 2021 to Feb 2022 23 Mar 2022 11 97%2%1%14% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 22 Sep 2021 8 98%1%1%10% Report
Sep 2020 to Feb 2021 24 Mar 2021 9 99%1%0%10% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 7 Sep 2020 9 98%2%0%10% Report
Sep 2019 to Feb 2020 5 Mar 2020 14 95%3%2%19% Report
Mar to Aug 2019 11 Sep 2019 11 96%3%1%16% Report
Sep 2018 to Feb 2019 5 Mar 2019 12 96%4%0%15% Report
Mar to Aug 2018 20 Sep 2018 11 95%4%1%17% Report
Sep 2017 to Feb 2018 21 Mar 2018 11 94%5%1%18% 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.