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Story Contracting Limited

Registered as STORY CONTRACTING LIMITED. Company number 03709861. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 23 October 2026.

35days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 April 2026 to 30 September 2026, Story Contracting Limited reported that it took an average of 35 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 48% of invoices within 30 days, 45% in 31 to 60 days and 7% after more than 60 days. It said 18% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 39% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 30 September 2025, the average was 32 days, so it is 3 days slower now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 40 Mar 2021 38 Sep 2021 33 Mar 2022 37 Sep 2022 42 Mar 2023 39 Sep 2023 32 Mar 2024 41 Sep 2024 31 Mar 2025 32 Sep 2025 30 Mar 2026 35 Sep 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
Apr to Sep 2026 23 Oct 2026 35 48%45%7%18% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 30 Apr 2026 30 58%37%5%22% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 24 Oct 2025 32 57%39%4%19% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 25 Apr 2025 31 60%35%5%13% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 25 Apr 2025 41 62%32%6%14% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 25 Apr 2025 32 61%32%7%18% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 30 Oct 2023 39 43%44%13%13% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 26 Apr 2023 42 45%44%11%11% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 31 Oct 2022 37 49%40%11%11% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 29 Apr 2022 33 52%36%12%12% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 27 Oct 2021 38 50%41%9%18% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 8 Apr 2021 40 42%50%8%19% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 12 Oct 2020 47 33%57%10%18% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 16 Apr 2020 41 34%59%7%15% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 17 Oct 2019 41 31%63%6%0% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 15 Apr 2019 44 27%65%8%13% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 31 Oct 2018 36 36%59%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.