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Exceed Academies Trust

Registered as EXCEED ACADEMIES TRUST. Company number 10050238. 14 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 August 2026, filed 25 September 2026.

22days 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, Exceed Academies Trust reported that it took an average of 22 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 82% of invoices within 30 days, 17% in 31 to 60 days and 1% after more than 60 days. It said 8% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 75% 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 17 days, so it is 5 days slower now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 23 Feb 2021 19 Aug 2021 24 Feb 2022 22 Aug 2022 23 Feb 2023 22 Aug 2023 22 Feb 2024 18 Aug 2024 20 Feb 2025 17 Aug 2025 22 Feb 2026 22 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 22 82%17%1%8% Report
Sep 2025 to Feb 2026 27 Mar 2026 22 78%20%2%8% Report
Mar to Aug 2025 25 Sep 2025 17 93%6%1%0% Report
Sep 2024 to Feb 2025 19 Mar 2025 20 85%14%1%0% Report
Mar to Aug 2024 24 Sep 2024 18 90%9%1%0% Report
Sep 2023 to Feb 2024 19 Mar 2024 22 82%15%3%0% Report
Mar to Aug 2023 29 Sep 2023 22 85%13%2%0% Report
Sep 2022 to Feb 2023 28 Mar 2023 23 77%20%3%0% Report
Mar to Aug 2022 14 Sep 2022 22 84%14%3%0% Report
Sep 2021 to Feb 2022 16 Mar 2022 24 75%21%4%0% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 30 Sep 2021 19 87%11%2%0% Report
Sep 2020 to Feb 2021 24 Mar 2021 23 77%20%2%0% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 20 Nov 2020 19 84%12%4%0% Report
Sep 2019 to Feb 2020 19 Mar 2020 26 71%24%5%0% 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.