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REACH2 Academy Trust

Registered as REACH2 ACADEMY TRUST. Company number 08452281. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 August 2026, filed 30 September 2026.

39days 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, REACH2 Academy Trust reported that it took an average of 39 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 56% of invoices within 30 days, 33% in 31 to 60 days and 11% after more than 60 days. It said 44% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 31% 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 53 days, so it is 14 days faster now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses at a standard rate of 5%.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 22 Feb 2021 29 Aug 2021 31 Feb 2022 29 Aug 2022 38 Feb 2023 38 Aug 2023 53 Feb 2024 62 Aug 2024 55 Feb 2025 53 Aug 2025 61 Feb 2026 39 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 39 56%33%11%44% Report
Sep 2025 to Feb 2026 31 Mar 2026 61 23%45%32%77% Report
Mar to Aug 2025 30 Sep 2025 53 60%21%19%40% Report
Sep 2024 to Feb 2025 31 Mar 2025 55 58%22%20%42% Report
Mar to Aug 2024 30 Sep 2024 62 50%27%23%50% Report
Sep 2023 to Feb 2024 28 Mar 2024 53 47%35%18%53% Report
Mar to Aug 2023 29 Sep 2023 38 59%32%9%41% Report
Sep 2022 to Feb 2023 31 Mar 2023 38 54%34%12%46% Report
Mar to Aug 2022 30 Sep 2022 29 71%23%6%29% Report
Sep 2021 to Feb 2022 25 Mar 2022 31 68%24%8%32% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 29 Sep 2021 29 72%21%7%28% Report
Sep 2020 to Feb 2021 23 Mar 2021 22 80%15%5%20% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 30 Sep 2020 25 70%25%5%30% Report
Sep 2019 to Feb 2020 19 Mar 2020 28 72%20%8%28% Report
Mar to Aug 2019 30 Sep 2019 28 74%19%7%26% Report
Sep 2018 to Feb 2019 19 Mar 2019 31 71%19%10%29% Report
Mar to Aug 2018 28 Sep 2018 33 68%21%11%32% Report
Aug 2017 to Feb 2018 28 Mar 2018 24 73%20%7%27% 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.