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SSE Hornsea Limited

Registered as SSE HORNSEA LIMITED. Company number 04467860. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 29 October 2026.

27days 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, SSE Hornsea Limited reported that it took an average of 27 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 85% of invoices within 30 days, 13% in 31 to 60 days and 2% after more than 60 days. It said 26% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 61% 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 26 days, so it is 1 day slower now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses at a standard rate of 5%.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 28 Mar 2021 28 Sep 2021 32 Mar 2022 28 Sep 2022 27 Mar 2023 27 Sep 2023 30 Mar 2024 27 Sep 2024 26 Mar 2025 26 Sep 2025 27 Mar 2026 27 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 29 Oct 2026 27 85%13%2%26% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 29 Apr 2026 27 87%10%3%20% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 28 Oct 2025 26 93%6%1%17% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 24 Apr 2025 26 89%9%2%21% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 31 Oct 2024 27 86%12%2%21% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 25 Apr 2024 30 80%15%5%31% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 27 Oct 2023 27 87%12%1%26% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 28 Apr 2023 27 89%9%2%21% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 28 Oct 2022 28 91%8%1%16% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 28 Apr 2022 32 87%10%3%20% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 29 Oct 2021 28 86%11%3%29% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 28 Apr 2021 28 84%12%4%31% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 28 Oct 2020 26 85%10%5%30% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 28 Apr 2020 29 81%16%3%34% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 31 Oct 2019 37 66%23%11%74% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 24 Apr 2019 30 66%28%6%92% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 24 Oct 2018 39 65%24%11%90% 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.