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L.E.A.D. Academy Trust

Registered as L.E.A.D. ACADEMY TRUST. Company number 08296921. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 August 2026, filed 18 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, L.E.A.D. Academy Trust reported that it took an average of 31 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 77% of invoices within 30 days, 19% in 31 to 60 days and 4% after more than 60 days. It said 23% 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. It is unchanged on the same period a year earlier (to 31 August 2025).

Average days to pay, report by report

30 23 Feb 2021 25 Aug 2021 31 Feb 2022 28 Aug 2022 34 Feb 2023 35 Aug 2023 32 Feb 2024 32 Aug 2024 36 Feb 2025 31 Aug 2025 32 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 18 Sep 2026 31 77%19%4%23% Report
Sep 2025 to Feb 2026 6 Mar 2026 32 73%21%6%27% Report
Mar to Aug 2025 25 Sep 2025 31 74%21%5%26% Report
Sep 2024 to Feb 2025 14 Mar 2025 36 74%18%8%26% Report
Mar to Aug 2024 22 Sep 2024 32 76%19%5%24% Report
Sep 2023 to Feb 2024 7 Mar 2024 32 78%14%8%8% Report
Mar to Aug 2023 14 Sep 2023 35 75%19%6%25% Report
Sep 2022 to Feb 2023 7 Mar 2023 34 75%18%7%25% Report
Mar to Aug 2022 15 Sep 2022 28 81%14%5%19% Report
Sep 2021 to Feb 2022 10 Mar 2022 31 75%17%8%25% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 4 Oct 2021 25 75%20%5%25% Report
Sep 2020 to Feb 2021 10 Mar 2021 23 80%17%3%20% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 16 Sep 2020 25 71%24%5%29% Report
Sep 2019 to Feb 2020 12 Mar 2020 20 80%16%4%20% Report
Mar to Aug 2019 26 Sep 2019 21 78%16%6%22% Report
Sep 2018 to Feb 2019 13 Mar 2019 30 70%21%9%30% Report
Mar to Aug 2018 12 Sep 2018 22 76%19%5%24% Report
Sep 2017 to Feb 2018 16 Mar 2018 19 80%17%3%20% 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.