30 Fair PaymentHow fast UK companies pay their suppliers
  1. Home
  2. Companies
  3. Diageo Scotland Limited

Diageo Scotland Limited

Registered as DIAGEO SCOTLAND LIMITED. Company number SC000750. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 31 July 2026.

79days 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, Diageo Scotland Limited reported that it took an average of 79 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 2% of invoices within 30 days, 42% in 31 to 60 days and 56% after more than 60 days. It said 2% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 2% 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 77 days, so it is 2 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 78 Dec 2020 78 Jun 2021 78 Dec 2021 80 Jun 2022 77 Jan 2023 76 Jun 2023 75 Dec 2023 76 Jun 2024 76 Dec 2024 77 Jun 2025 79 Dec 2025 79 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 31 Jul 2026 79 2%42%56%2% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 4 Feb 2026 79 2%45%53%2% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 31 Jul 2025 77 2%44%54%2% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 31 Jan 2025 76 2%43%55%3% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 31 Jul 2024 76 2%43%55%2% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 31 Jan 2024 75 2%43%55%5% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 31 Jul 2023 76 2%45%53%5% Report
Jul 2022 to Jan 2023 31 Jan 2023 77 2%46%52%5% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 29 Jul 2022 80 2%43%55%7% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 31 Jan 2022 78 2%40%58%7% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 30 Jul 2021 78 1%40%59%4% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 29 Jan 2021 78 2%42%56%4% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 31 Jul 2020 81 2%39%59%7% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 31 Jan 2020 79 1%40%59%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 31 Jul 2019 78 2%41%57%7% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 31 Jan 2019 78 2%41%57%5% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 31 Jul 2018 81 1%32%66%10% Report
Jul to Dec 2017 31 Jan 2018 76 1%35%64%9% 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.