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D.C. Thomson & Company Limited

Registered as D.C. THOMSON & COMPANY LIMITED. Company number SC005830. 8 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2021, filed 23 November 2021.

46days on average to pay

  • Within 30 days
  • 31 to 60 days
  • Over 60 days

In the reporting period from 1 January 2021 to 30 June 2021, D.C. Thomson & Company Limited reported that it took an average of 46 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 29% of invoices within 30 days, 58% in 31 to 60 days and 13% after more than 60 days. It said 75% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

A year earlier, in the period to 30 June 2020, the average was 45 days, so it is 1 day slower now.

This company has not filed a report for a period ending since May 2025, so it is not in our current tables. Companies stop reporting when they no longer meet the size test, are restructured or close.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 44 Sep 2018 33 Mar 2019 42 Sep 2019 45 Jun 2020 48 Sep 2020 37 Dec 2020 46 Jun 2021

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 2021 23 Nov 2021 46 29%58%13%75% Report
Oct to Dec 2020 12 Feb 2021 37 47%44%9%77% Report
Jul to Sep 2020 11 Feb 2021 48 42%41%17%88% Report
Apr to Jun 2020 11 Feb 2021 45 48%38%14%75% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 19 Jun 2020 n/an/an/an/a Report
Apr to Sep 2019 5 Nov 2019 42 64%24%12%41% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 19 Jul 2019 33 67%24%8%38% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 19 Jul 2019 44 63%22%15%18% 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.