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The Shaw Education Trust

Registered as THE SHAW EDUCATION TRUST. Company number 09067175. 16 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 August 2026, filed 25 September 2026.

30days 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, The Shaw Education Trust reported that it took an average of 30 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 65% of invoices within 30 days, 29% in 31 to 60 days and 6% after more than 60 days. It said 35% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 52% 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 35 days, so it is 5 days faster now. It reported construction contracts in this period, with no retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 19 Feb 2021 21 Aug 2021 20 Feb 2022 21 Aug 2022 23 Feb 2023 21 Aug 2023 33 Feb 2024 32 Aug 2024 39 Feb 2025 35 Aug 2025 27 Feb 2026 30 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 25 Sep 2026 30 65%29%6%35% Report
Sep 2025 to Feb 2026 11 Mar 2026 27 80%15%5%20% Report
Mar to Aug 2025 15 Sep 2025 35 67%22%11%31% Report
Sep 2024 to Feb 2025 20 Mar 2025 39 68%19%13%16% Report
Mar to Aug 2024 5 Nov 2024 32 68%19%11%31% Report
Sep 2023 to Feb 2024 20 Mar 2024 33 73%17%10%43% Report
Mar to Aug 2023 6 Oct 2023 21 82%14%4%37% Report
Sep 2022 to Feb 2023 14 Mar 2023 23 83%14%3%34% Report
Mar to Aug 2022 7 Nov 2022 21 86%12%2%21% Report
Sep 2021 to Feb 2022 4 Mar 2022 20 91%7%2%23% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 22 Oct 2021 21 90%7%3%23% Report
Sep 2020 to Feb 2021 11 Mar 2021 19 93%5%2%20% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 15 Sep 2020 14 92%6%2%21% Report
Sep 2019 to Feb 2020 9 Mar 2020 20 88%8%4%24% Report
Mar to Aug 2019 30 Sep 2019 20 92%6%2%23% Report
Sep 2018 to Feb 2019 29 Mar 2019 23 87%10%3%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.