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Orchard Hill College Academy Trust

Registered as ORCHARD HILL COLLEGE ACADEMY TRUST. Company number 08476149. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 August 2026, filed 28 September 2026.

27days 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, Orchard Hill College Academy Trust reported that it took an average of 27 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 78% of invoices within 30 days, 19% in 31 to 60 days and 3% after more than 60 days. It said 28% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 61% 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 23 days, so it is 4 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 26 Feb 2021 26 Aug 2021 20 Feb 2022 18 Aug 2022 24 Feb 2023 22 Aug 2023 22 Feb 2024 23 Aug 2024 23 Feb 2025 23 Aug 2025 26 Feb 2026 27 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 28 Sep 2026 27 78%19%3%28% Report
Sep 2025 to Feb 2026 26 Mar 2026 26 75%22%3%25% Report
Mar to Aug 2025 29 Sep 2025 23 88%10%2%12% Report
Sep 2024 to Feb 2025 12 Mar 2025 23 85%12%3%15% Report
Mar to Aug 2024 26 Sep 2024 23 79%19%2%21% Report
Sep 2023 to Feb 2024 7 Mar 2024 22 82%15%3%18% Report
Mar to Aug 2023 19 Sep 2023 22 77%18%5%23% Report
Sep 2022 to Feb 2023 7 Mar 2023 24 78%18%4%22% Report
Mar to Aug 2022 29 Sep 2022 18 89%9%2%11% Report
Sep 2021 to Feb 2022 4 Apr 2022 20 86%12%2%14% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 30 Sep 2021 26 84%11%5%16% Report
Sep 2020 to Feb 2021 29 Mar 2021 26 68%25%7%32% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 30 Sep 2020 17 90%8%2%10% Report
Sep 2019 to Feb 2020 30 Mar 2020 25 87%10%3%13% Report
Mar to Aug 2019 30 Sep 2019 30 75%17%8%25% Report
Sep 2018 to Feb 2019 2 May 2019 36 57%32%11%43% Report
Mar to Aug 2018 5 Nov 2018 28 70%23%7%30% Report
Sep 2017 to Feb 2018 30 Apr 2018 29 67%27%6%33% 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.