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Stena Line Limited

Registered as STENA LINE LIMITED. Company number 01402237. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 30 July 2026.

30days 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, Stena Line Limited reported that it took an average of 30 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 81% of invoices within 30 days, 14% in 31 to 60 days and 5% after more than 60 days. It said 39% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 52% 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 29 days, so it is 1 day slower now. It reported construction contracts in this period, with no retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 37 Dec 2020 43 Jun 2021 36 Dec 2021 47 Jun 2022 33 Dec 2022 36 Jun 2023 40 Dec 2023 33 Jun 2024 32 Dec 2024 29 Jun 2025 29 Dec 2025 30 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 30 Jul 2026 30 81%14%5%39% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 30 Jan 2026 29 81%15%4%29% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 30 Jul 2025 29 78%18%4%55% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 14 Jan 2025 32 78%17%5%62% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 9 Jul 2024 33 76%18%6%62% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 18 Jan 2024 40 76%16%8%62% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 13 Jul 2023 36 76%18%6%61% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 27 Jan 2023 33 74%19%7%60% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 20 Jul 2022 47 73%20%7%61% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 25 Jan 2022 36 72%19%9%60% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 8 Jul 2021 43 64%22%14%64% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 22 Jan 2021 37 68%22%10%66% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 9 Jul 2020 41 53%36%11%73% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 24 Jan 2020 38 65%23%12%60% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 16 Jul 2019 39 64%24%12%64% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 11 Jan 2019 34 68%24%8%62% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 9 Jul 2018 35 68%23%9%59% 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.