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Shell Research Limited

Registered as SHELL RESEARCH LIMITED. Company number 00539964. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 23 July 2026.

53days 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 Research Limited reported that it took an average of 53 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 17% of invoices within 30 days, 77% in 31 to 60 days and 6% after more than 60 days. It said 4% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 13% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 30 June 2025, the average was 37 days, so it is 16 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 34 Dec 2020 39 Jun 2021 34 Dec 2021 37 Jun 2022 40 Dec 2022 35 Jun 2023 41 Dec 2023 39 Jun 2024 40 Dec 2024 37 Jun 2025 42 Dec 2025 53 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 53 17%77%6%4% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 27 Jan 2026 42 34%63%3%4% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 29 Jul 2025 37 43%54%3%3% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 24 Jan 2025 40 56%36%8%10% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 23 Jul 2024 39 47%49%4%5% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 30 Jan 2024 41 51%43%6%7% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 24 Jul 2023 35 48%48%4%6% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 20 Jan 2023 40 47%45%8%11% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 25 Jul 2022 37 49%41%10%14% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 28 Jan 2022 34 50%48%2%5% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 27 Jul 2021 39 43%53%4%8% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 28 Jan 2021 34 50%46%4%5% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 30 Jul 2020 35 48%41%10%13% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 28 Feb 2020 35 49%41%10%19% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 28 Jul 2019 38 40%50%10%19% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 29 Jan 2019 36 45%43%12%22% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 27 Jul 2018 37 44%44%12%20% 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.