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Shell International Trading and Shipping Company Limited

Registered as SHELL INTERNATIONAL TRADING AND SHIPPING COMPANY LIMITED. Company number 00525037. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 28 July 2026.

40days 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 International Trading and Shipping Company Limited reported that it took an average of 40 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 53% of invoices within 30 days, 42% in 31 to 60 days and 5% after more than 60 days. It said 5% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 29% 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 30 June 2025).

Average days to pay, report by report

30 38 Dec 2020 36 Jun 2021 36 Dec 2021 40 Jun 2022 36 Dec 2022 37 Jun 2023 36 Dec 2023 35 Jun 2024 26 Dec 2024 40 Jun 2025 41 Dec 2025 40 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 28 Jul 2026 40 53%42%5%5% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 27 Jan 2026 41 55%42%3%2% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 29 Jul 2025 40 60%20%20%11% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 24 Jan 2025 26 79%20%1%3% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 23 Jul 2024 35 77%21%2%4% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 30 Jan 2024 36 76%19%5%5% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 24 Jul 2023 37 74%22%4%6% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 27 Jan 2023 36 72%24%4%4% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 29 Jul 2022 40 64%27%9%9% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 27 Jan 2022 36 74%21%5%5% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 27 Jul 2021 36 72%25%3%4% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 27 Jan 2021 38 67%27%6%6% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 30 Jul 2020 38 60%36%4%6% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 30 Jan 2020 38 49%46%6%27% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 29 Jul 2019 40 44%49%7%25% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 29 Jan 2019 41 55%38%7%17% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 30 Jul 2018 27 70%26%5%18% 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.