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Fife Scottish Omnibuses Limited

Registered as FIFE SCOTTISH OMNIBUSES LIMITED. Company number SC026126. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 2 May 2026, filed 1 June 2026.

35days 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, Fife Scottish Omnibuses Limited reported that it took an average of 35 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 35% of invoices within 30 days, 63% in 31 to 60 days and 2% after more than 60 days. It said 12% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 39% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 3 May 2025, the average was 36 days, so it is 1 day faster now. It reported construction contracts in this period, with no retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 36 Nov 2020 34 May 2021 33 Nov 2021 31 Apr 2022 28 Oct 2022 27 Apr 2023 33 Oct 2023 32 Apr 2024 34 Oct 2024 36 May 2025 39 Nov 2025 35 May 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
Nov 2025 to May 2026 1 Jun 2026 35 35%63%2%12% Report
May to Nov 2025 1 Dec 2025 39 36%60%4%7% Report
Oct 2024 to May 2025 1 Jun 2025 36 38%61%1%4% Report
Apr to Oct 2024 25 Nov 2024 34 41%58%1%3% Report
Oct 2023 to Apr 2024 27 May 2024 32 44%54%2%3% Report
Apr to Oct 2023 23 Nov 2023 33 48%50%2%5% Report
Nov 2022 to Apr 2023 29 May 2023 27 63%34%3%6% Report
May to Oct 2022 25 Nov 2022 28 63%35%2%3% Report
Nov 2021 to Apr 2022 30 May 2022 31 55%44%1%4% Report
May to Nov 2021 30 Nov 2021 33 49%49%2%3% Report
Nov 2020 to May 2021 31 May 2021 34 44%50%6%10% Report
May to Nov 2020 22 Dec 2020 36 42%49%9%13% Report
Oct 2019 to May 2020 23 Jun 2020 34 46%51%3%8% Report
Apr to Oct 2019 26 Nov 2019 33 55%43%2%3% Report
Oct 2018 to Apr 2019 29 May 2019 32 54%43%3%10% Report
Apr to Oct 2018 30 Nov 2018 32 54%44%2%4% Report
Nov 2017 to Apr 2018 29 May 2018 30 60%38%2%3% Report
Apr to Oct 2017 29 Nov 2017 33 52%46%2%3% 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.