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Shell International Petroleum Company Limited

Registered as SHELL INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM COMPANY LIMITED. Company number 00621148. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 23 July 2026.

33days 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 Petroleum Company Limited reported that it took an average of 33 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 79% of invoices within 30 days, 19% in 31 to 60 days and 2% after more than 60 days. It said 2% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 44% 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 31 days, so it is 2 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 36 Dec 2020 35 Jun 2021 35 Dec 2021 34 Jun 2022 33 Dec 2022 34 Jun 2023 32 Dec 2023 33 Jun 2024 32 Dec 2024 31 Jun 2025 32 Dec 2025 33 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 33 79%19%2%2% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 27 Jan 2026 32 85%14%1%1% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 29 Jul 2025 31 85%14%1%1% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 24 Jan 2025 32 84%15%1%1% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 23 Jul 2024 33 84%15%1%1% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 30 Jan 2024 32 86%13%1%1% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 21 Jul 2023 34 84%13%3%3% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 20 Jan 2023 33 82%15%3%3% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 25 Jul 2022 34 80%18%2%3% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 26 Jan 2022 35 74%24%2%2% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 27 Jul 2021 35 74%25%1%2% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 28 Jan 2021 36 69%28%3%3% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 30 Jul 2020 43 60%25%15%17% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 28 Feb 2020 40 59%27%14%19% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 28 Jul 2019 41 54%30%16%22% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 29 Jan 2019 44 51%31%18%35% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 27 Jul 2018 47 47%35%18%32% 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.