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The Mead Educational Trust

Registered as THE MEAD EDUCATIONAL TRUST. Company number 09079258. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 August 2026, filed 2 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, The Mead Educational Trust reported that it took an average of 31 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 76% of invoices within 30 days, 19% in 31 to 60 days and 5% after more than 60 days. It said 6% 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 25 Feb 2021 25 Aug 2021 26 Feb 2022 28 Aug 2022 30 Feb 2023 29 Aug 2023 28 Feb 2024 33 Aug 2024 33 Feb 2025 31 Aug 2025 34 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 2 Sep 2026 31 76%19%5%6% Report
Sep 2025 to Feb 2026 12 Mar 2026 34 72%21%7%40% Report
Mar to Aug 2025 2 Sep 2025 31 79%16%5%33% Report
Sep 2024 to Feb 2025 5 Mar 2025 33 73%19%8%39% Report
Mar to Aug 2024 9 Sep 2024 33 76%16%8%31% Report
Sep 2023 to Feb 2024 6 Mar 2024 28 76%14%9%28% Report
Mar to Aug 2023 29 Sep 2023 29 77%15%8%27% Report
Sep 2022 to Feb 2023 24 Mar 2023 30 76%15%10%29% Report
Mar to Aug 2022 30 Sep 2022 28 76%16%8%21% Report
Sep 2021 to Feb 2022 30 Mar 2022 26 79%13%7%20% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 30 Sep 2021 25 80%12%8%16% Report
Sep 2020 to Feb 2021 24 Mar 2021 25 79%14%7%20% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 29 Sep 2020 27 79%12%9%21% Report
Sep 2019 to Feb 2020 30 Mar 2020 24 83%12%6%18% Report
Mar to Aug 2019 26 Sep 2019 24 82%11%7%18% Report
Sep 2018 to Feb 2019 28 Mar 2019 24 82%12%6%18% Report
Mar to Aug 2018 24 Sep 2018 24 83%11%6%17% Report
Sep 2017 to Feb 2018 3 Apr 2018 24 80%14%6%21% 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.