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Lionheart Educational Trust

Registered as LIONHEART EDUCATIONAL TRUST. Company number 08473899. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 August 2026, filed 7 September 2026.

32days 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, Lionheart Educational Trust reported that it took an average of 32 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 78% of invoices within 30 days, 15% in 31 to 60 days and 7% after more than 60 days. It said 8% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 47% 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 27 days, so it is 5 days slower 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 31 Feb 2021 21 Aug 2021 19 Feb 2022 19 Aug 2022 19 Feb 2023 19 Aug 2023 17 Feb 2024 18 Aug 2024 18 Feb 2025 27 Aug 2025 28 Feb 2026 32 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 7 Sep 2026 32 78%15%7%8% Report
Sep 2025 to Feb 2026 8 May 2026 28 86%9%5%6% Report
Mar to Aug 2025 8 May 2026 27 89%7%4%7% Report
Sep 2024 to Feb 2025 8 May 2026 18 91%6%3%7% Report
Mar to Aug 2024 15 Nov 2024 18 90%7%3%14% Report
Sep 2023 to Feb 2024 12 Mar 2024 17 89%7%4%13% Report
Mar to Aug 2023 8 Nov 2023 19 88%8%4%15% Report
Sep 2022 to Feb 2023 6 Apr 2023 19 87%7%6%13% Report
Mar to Aug 2022 13 Sep 2022 19 87%8%5%0% Report
Sep 2021 to Feb 2022 21 Mar 2022 19 88%7%5%0% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 1 Oct 2021 21 89%6%5%13% Report
Sep 2020 to Feb 2021 17 Mar 2021 31 73%17%10%27% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 21 Sep 2020 32 71%18%11%40% Report
Sep 2019 to Feb 2020 17 Mar 2020 25 80%13%7%31% Report
Mar to Aug 2019 23 Sep 2019 26 82%13%5%31% Report
Sep 2018 to Feb 2019 25 Mar 2019 29 74%19%7%38% Report
Mar to Aug 2018 14 Sep 2018 35 68%23%9%48% Report
Aug 2017 to Feb 2018 23 Mar 2018 35 57%34%9%60% 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.