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Mercia Learning Trust

Registered as MERCIA LEARNING TRUST. Company number 08119703. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 August 2026, filed 29 September 2026.

23days 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, Mercia Learning Trust reported that it took an average of 23 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 15% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 72% 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 18 days, so it is 5 days slower now. It reported construction contracts in this period, with no retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 23 Feb 2021 23 Aug 2021 27 Feb 2022 21 Aug 2022 23 Feb 2023 20 Aug 2023 22 Feb 2024 21 Aug 2024 23 Feb 2025 18 Aug 2025 36 Feb 2026 23 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 29 Sep 2026 23 84%12%4%15% Report
Sep 2025 to Feb 2026 30 Mar 2026 36 79%19%2%21% Report
Mar to Aug 2025 8 Sep 2025 18 91%8%1%9% Report
Sep 2024 to Feb 2025 13 Mar 2025 23 85%12%3%15% Report
Mar to Aug 2024 1 Oct 2024 21 86%12%2%14% Report
Sep 2023 to Feb 2024 5 Mar 2024 22 89%9%2%11% Report
Mar to Aug 2023 5 Sep 2023 20 90%9%1%10% Report
Sep 2022 to Feb 2023 13 Mar 2023 23 85%14%2%16% Report
Mar to Aug 2022 5 Sep 2022 21 89%10%1%11% Report
Sep 2021 to Feb 2022 15 Mar 2022 27 78%17%5%22% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 10 Sep 2021 23 81%15%4%19% Report
Sep 2020 to Feb 2021 9 Mar 2021 23 86%12%2%14% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 7 Sep 2020 27 67%29%4%33% Report
Sep 2019 to Feb 2020 12 Mar 2020 21 88%10%2%12% Report
Mar to Aug 2019 2 Sep 2019 21 84%14%2%16% Report
Sep 2018 to Feb 2019 4 Jul 2019 30 74%19%7%25% Report
Sep 2017 to Feb 2018 29 Mar 2018 13 96%3%1%7% 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.