Bluebird Buses Limited
Registered as BLUEBIRD BUSES LIMITED. Company number SC019039. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 2 May 2026, filed 1 June 2026.
32days on average to pay
- Within 30 days
- 31 to 60 days
- Over 60 days
In the reporting period from 4 November 2025 to 2 May 2026, Bluebird Buses Limited reported that it took an average of 32 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 50% of invoices within 30 days, 48% in 31 to 60 days and 2% after more than 60 days. It said 14% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.
That average is faster than 47% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. It is unchanged on the same period a year earlier (to 3 May 2025). It reported construction contracts in this period, with no retention clauses.
Average days to pay, report by report
Bars are labelled with the month the period ended. The dashed line marks 30 days.
Every report filed
| Period | Filed | Average days | Within 30 days | 31 to 60 | Over 60 | Not within terms | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2025 to May 2026 | 1 Jun 2026 | 32 | 50% | 48% | 2% | 14% | Report |
| May to Nov 2025 | 1 Dec 2025 | 35 | 50% | 46% | 4% | 8% | Report |
| Oct 2024 to May 2025 | 1 Jun 2025 | 32 | 45% | 53% | 2% | 4% | Report |
| Apr to Oct 2024 | 25 Nov 2024 | 32 | 41% | 58% | 1% | 3% | Report |
| Oct 2023 to Apr 2024 | 27 May 2024 | 31 | 44% | 55% | 1% | 2% | Report |
| Apr to Oct 2023 | 23 Nov 2023 | 30 | 53% | 46% | 1% | 3% | Report |
| Nov 2022 to Apr 2023 | 29 May 2023 | 26 | 65% | 33% | 2% | 4% | Report |
| May to Oct 2022 | 25 Nov 2022 | 28 | 62% | 36% | 2% | 4% | Report |
| Nov 2021 to Apr 2022 | 30 May 2022 | 31 | 56% | 42% | 2% | 5% | Report |
| May to Nov 2021 | 30 Nov 2021 | 34 | 49% | 49% | 2% | 4% | Report |
| Nov 2020 to May 2021 | 31 May 2021 | 35 | 45% | 50% | 5% | 10% | Report |
| May to Nov 2020 | 22 Dec 2020 | 36 | 39% | 52% | 9% | 13% | Report |
| Oct 2019 to May 2020 | 23 Jun 2020 | 33 | 46% | 52% | 2% | 8% | Report |
| Apr to Oct 2019 | 26 Nov 2019 | 34 | 54% | 44% | 2% | 5% | Report |
| Nov 2018 to Apr 2019 | 29 May 2019 | 33 | 54% | 42% | 4% | 13% | Report |
| Apr to Oct 2018 | 30 Nov 2018 | 31 | 51% | 46% | 3% | 5% | Report |
| Nov 2017 to Apr 2018 | 29 May 2018 | 29 | 60% | 37% | 3% | 3% | Report |
| Apr to Oct 2017 | 29 Nov 2017 | 32 | 51% | 46% | 3% | 4% | 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.