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James Johnston & Co. of Elgin Limited

Registered as JAMES JOHNSTON & CO. OF ELGIN LIMITED. Company number SC022553. 6 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 December 2020, filed 20 January 2021.

55days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 July 2020 to 31 December 2020, James Johnston & Co. of Elgin Limited reported that it took an average of 55 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 41% of invoices within 30 days, 44% in 31 to 60 days and 15% after more than 60 days. It said 12% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

A year earlier, in the period to 31 December 2019, the average was 40 days, so it is 15 days 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 45 Jun 2018 47 Dec 2018 40 Jun 2019 40 Dec 2019 47 Jun 2020 55 Dec 2020

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
Jul to Dec 2020 20 Jan 2021 55 41%44%15%12% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 26 Aug 2020 47 36%45%19%16% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 29 Jan 2020 40 52%41%7%5% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 4 Jul 2019 40 45%46%9%6% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 28 Jan 2019 47 44%44%12%9% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 20 Jul 2018 45 40%48%12%10% 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.