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Shell Chemicals U.K. Limited

Registered as SHELL CHEMICALS U.K. LIMITED. Company number 00407234. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 23 July 2026.

62days on average to pay

  • Within 30 days
  • 31 to 60 days
  • Over 60 days

In the reporting period from 1 January 2026 to 30 June 2026, Shell Chemicals U.K. Limited reported that it took an average of 62 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 57% of invoices within 30 days, 18% in 31 to 60 days and 25% after more than 60 days. It said 50% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 7% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 43 Dec 2019 44 Jun 2020 64 Dec 2020 61 Jun 2021 42 Dec 2021 33 Jun 2022 38 Dec 2022 31 Jun 2023 31 Dec 2023 33 Jun 2024 71 Dec 2024 62 Jun 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
Jan to Jun 2026 23 Jul 2026 62 57%18%25%50% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 27 Jan 2026 728 33%7%60%12% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 29 Jul 2025 471 23%15%62%53% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 24 Jan 2025 71 64%28%8%25% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 23 Jul 2024 33 78%21%1%11% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 30 Jan 2024 31 85%10%5%12% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 21 Jul 2023 31 86%12%2%9% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 20 Jan 2023 38 84%12%4%12% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 22 Jul 2022 33 80%14%6%7% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 26 Jan 2022 42 76%17%7%18% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 26 Jul 2021 61 62%24%14%31% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 28 Jan 2021 64 48%24%28%49% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 30 Jul 2020 44 55%30%15%35% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 28 Feb 2020 43 71%20%9%27% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 29 Jul 2019 35 62%34%4%48% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 29 Jan 2019 47 60%27%13%48% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 27 Jul 2018 49 61%30%9%58% 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.