How fast companies registered in Edinburgh pay their suppliers
71 large companies and LLPs with a registered office in Edinburgh have filed a payment practices report for a period ending since May 2025. The typical one takes 25 days to pay an invoice, 6 days shorter than the UK figure of 31 days.
25 daysTypical average time to pay (median)
75%Typical share of invoices paid within 30 days
6Companies averaging more than 60 days
8%Typical share not paid within agreed terms
Each company's latest report, for periods ending between 30 June 2025 and 30 September 2026. Location is the registered office on the Companies House register, which is not always where a company trades or employs people. Of the 14 council areas in Scotland with at least five filers, Edinburgh ranks 12th for the longest typical time to pay, where first is the slowest.
Every Edinburgh company, slowest first
Most invoices paid late
- Baxters Food Group Limited89%
- 2 Agriculture Limited84%
- JDR Cable Systems Limited80%
- Digitaslbi Limited68%
- Prudential Holdings Limited58%
- Caledonian Heritable Limited56%
- The North British Distillery Company Limited56%
- Mccurrach UK Ltd.46%
- Macdonald & Muir Limited45%
- Weston Importers Ltd.43%
Share of invoices not paid within the terms agreed with the supplier.
Construction and retentions
18 reported construction contracts in their latest period, and 10 said those contracts hold back retention money, typically at 5%.
- Avant Homes (Scotland) Limited5%
- Edinburgh Airport Limited5%
- Lloyds Banking Group PLC5%
- Miller Homes Limited5%
- Cruden Building (Scotland) Limited3%
- Cruden Homes Limited3%
- Walter Scott & Partners Limited3%
- Forth Ports Limitedrate not given
- Galliford Try Infrastructure Limitedrate not given
- JDR Cable Systems Limitedrate not given
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Source: payment practices reports filed by each company under the Reporting on Payment Practices and Performance Regulations, published by the Department for Business and Trade on Check payment practices, Open Government Licence v3.0. Registered office from Companies House. Data as filed to 3 November 2026.