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SSE Energy Markets Limited

Registered as SSE ENERGY MARKETS LIMITED. Company number 09442646. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 29 October 2026.

19days 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 Energy Markets Limited reported that it took an average of 19 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 95% of invoices within 30 days, 4% in 31 to 60 days and 1% after more than 60 days. It said 33% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 82% 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 18 days, so it is 1 day slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 61 Mar 2021 22 Sep 2021 27 Mar 2022 26 Sep 2022 26 Mar 2023 23 Sep 2023 23 Mar 2024 19 Sep 2024 23 Mar 2025 18 Sep 2025 20 Mar 2026 19 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 19 95%4%1%33% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 28 Apr 2026 20 97%2%1%22% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 27 Oct 2025 18 97%2%1%25% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 28 Apr 2025 23 90%7%3%19% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 29 Oct 2024 19 93%6%1%18% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 25 Apr 2024 23 88%9%3%34% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 26 Oct 2023 23 90%5%5%41% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 28 Apr 2023 26 84%12%4%37% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 28 Oct 2022 26 83%12%5%33% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 27 Apr 2022 27 75%19%5%46% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 28 Oct 2021 22 86%11%3%50% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 30 Apr 2021 61 75%3%22%59% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 28 Oct 2020 58 88%0%12%62% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 28 Apr 2020 38 70%12%18%58% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 29 Oct 2019 33 69%18%13%73% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 29 Apr 2019 29 76%15%9%59% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 30 Oct 2018 37 77%10%13%82% 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.