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Stagecoach (South) Limited

Registered as STAGECOACH (SOUTH) LIMITED. Company number 01673542. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 2 May 2026, filed 1 June 2026.

38days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 4 November 2025 to 2 May 2026, Stagecoach (South) Limited reported that it took an average of 38 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 23% of invoices within 30 days, 75% in 31 to 60 days and 2% after more than 60 days. It said 14% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 33% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 3 May 2025, the average was 37 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 38 Nov 2020 35 May 2021 32 Nov 2021 31 Apr 2022 29 Oct 2022 25 Apr 2023 33 Oct 2023 37 Apr 2024 35 Oct 2024 37 May 2025 43 Nov 2025 38 May 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
Nov 2025 to May 2026 1 Jun 2026 38 23%75%2%14% Report
May to Nov 2025 1 Dec 2025 43 23%73%4%8% Report
Oct 2024 to May 2025 1 Jun 2025 37 27%71%2%4% Report
Apr to Oct 2024 25 Nov 2024 35 31%68%1%3% Report
Oct 2023 to Apr 2024 27 May 2024 37 35%63%2%4% Report
Apr to Oct 2023 23 Nov 2023 33 45%52%3%6% Report
Nov 2022 to Apr 2023 29 May 2023 25 67%32%1%3% Report
May to Oct 2022 25 Nov 2022 29 63%36%1%3% Report
Nov 2021 to Apr 2022 30 May 2022 31 55%44%1%3% Report
May to Nov 2021 30 Nov 2021 32 50%48%2%2% Report
Nov 2020 to May 2021 31 May 2021 35 42%53%5%7% Report
May to Nov 2020 22 Dec 2020 38 35%57%8%13% Report
Oct 2019 to May 2020 23 Jun 2020 34 47%51%2%5% Report
Apr to Oct 2019 26 Nov 2019 32 53%45%2%2% Report
Oct 2018 to Apr 2019 31 May 2019 30 59%39%2%4% Report
Apr to Oct 2018 30 Nov 2018 30 54%44%2%3% Report
Nov 2017 to Apr 2018 29 May 2018 28 62%36%2%2% Report
Apr to Oct 2017 29 Nov 2017 33 51%47%2%2% 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.