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Lion Academy Trust

Registered as LION ACADEMY TRUST. Company number 09161091. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 August 2026, filed 14 September 2026.

5days 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, Lion Academy Trust reported that it took an average of 5 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 98% of invoices within 30 days, 1% in 31 to 60 days and 1% after more than 60 days. It said 3% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 99% 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 9 days, so it is 4 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 6 Feb 2021 5 Aug 2021 7 Feb 2022 8 Aug 2022 8 Feb 2023 9 Aug 2023 4 Feb 2024 3 Aug 2024 4 Feb 2025 9 Aug 2025 7 Feb 2026 5 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 14 Sep 2026 5 98%1%1%3% Report
Sep 2025 to Feb 2026 9 Mar 2026 7 97%1%2%4% Report
Mar to Aug 2025 1 Sep 2025 9 96%4%0%6% Report
Sep 2024 to Feb 2025 28 Feb 2025 4 98%1%1%3% Report
Mar to Aug 2024 28 Oct 2024 3 100%0%0%1% Report
Sep 2023 to Feb 2024 5 Mar 2024 4 99%1%0%1% Report
Mar to Aug 2023 12 Sep 2023 9 99%1%0%1% Report
Sep 2022 to Feb 2023 22 Mar 2023 8 99%0%1%1% Report
Mar to Aug 2022 1 Sep 2022 8 99%1%0%1% Report
Sep 2021 to Feb 2022 3 Mar 2022 7 99%1%0%1% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 21 Sep 2021 5 99%1%0%1% Report
Sep 2020 to Feb 2021 1 Mar 2021 6 99%0%1%2% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 3 Sep 2020 8 98%1%1%4% Report
Sep 2019 to Feb 2020 18 Mar 2020 10 95%4%1%6% Report
Mar to Aug 2019 27 Nov 2019 6 99%1%0%4% Report
Sep 2018 to Feb 2019 11 Apr 2019 6 98%1%0%4% Report
Mar to Aug 2018 13 Dec 2018 9 97%2%1%6% Report
Sep 2017 to Feb 2018 13 Dec 2018 8 97%2%1%7% 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.