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The Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland

Registered as THE MEDICAL AND DENTAL DEFENCE UNION OF SCOTLAND. Company number SC005093. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 8 July 2026.

24days 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, The Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland reported that it took an average of 24 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 73% of invoices within 30 days, 24% in 31 to 60 days and 3% after more than 60 days. It said 27% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 69% 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 18 days, so it is 6 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 25 Jun 2018 31 Jun 2019 24 Jun 2022 31 Dec 2022 24 Jun 2023 26 Dec 2023 27 Jun 2024 32 Dec 2024 18 Jun 2025 20 Dec 2025 24 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 8 Jul 2026 24 73%24%3%27% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 29 Jan 2026 20 82%12%6%18% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 29 Jul 2025 18 88%11%1%12% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 22 Jan 2025 32 57%33%10%43% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 30 Jul 2024 27 68%28%4%32% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 26 Jan 2024 26 69%24%7%31% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 20 Jul 2023 24 78%18%4%22% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 27 Jan 2023 31 61%30%9%39% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 29 Jul 2022 24 72%22%6%28% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 11 Jan 2022 n/an/an/an/a Report
Jan to Jun 2021 21 Jul 2021 n/an/an/an/a Report
Jul to Dec 2020 2 Jun 2021 n/an/an/an/a Report
Jan to Jun 2020 2 Jun 2021 n/an/an/an/a Report
Jul to Dec 2019 4 Mar 2020 n/an/an/an/a Report
Jan to Jun 2019 25 Jul 2019 31 55%32%13%41% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 29 Jan 2019 n/an/an/an/a Report
Jan to Jun 2018 26 Jul 2018 25 72%22%6%19% 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.