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Macnaughton Blair Limited

Registered as MACNAUGHTON BLAIR LIMITED. Company number NI023032. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 15 July 2026.

53days 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, Macnaughton Blair Limited reported that it took an average of 53 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 15% of invoices within 30 days, 51% in 31 to 60 days and 34% after more than 60 days. It said 56% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 13% 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 52 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 50 Dec 2020 61 Jun 2021 71 Dec 2021 68 Jun 2022 54 Dec 2022 49 Jun 2023 49 Dec 2023 49 Jun 2024 50 Dec 2024 52 Jun 2025 52 Dec 2025 53 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 15 Jul 2026 53 15%51%34%56% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 26 Jan 2026 52 16%51%33%58% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 28 Jul 2025 52 17%49%34%58% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 5 Feb 2025 50 19%51%30%52% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 31 Jul 2024 49 21%50%29%50% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 29 Jan 2024 49 20%52%28%51% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 24 Jul 2023 49 19%56%25%50% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 27 Jan 2023 54 13%52%35%64% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 29 Jul 2022 68 6%37%57%86% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 27 Jan 2022 71 4%32%64%93% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 22 Jul 2021 61 6%39%55%91% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 28 Jan 2021 50 4%35%59%93% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 30 Jul 2020 75 7%26%67%91% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 29 Jan 2020 62 4%39%57%85% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 25 Jul 2019 62 5%40%55%90% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 29 Jan 2019 69 2%35%63%94% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 27 Jul 2018 65 4%41%55%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.