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S.M. Bayne & Company Limited

Registered as S.M. BAYNE & COMPANY LIMITED. Company number SC030423. 14 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 29 September 2026, filed 28 October 2026.

19days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 April 2026 to 29 September 2026, S.M. Bayne & Company Limited reported that it took an average of 19 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 92% of invoices within 30 days, 5% in 31 to 60 days and 3% after more than 60 days. It said 9% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 82% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 30 September 2025, the average was 21 days, so it is 2 days faster now. It reported construction contracts in this period, with no retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 33 Oct 2019 32 Mar 2020 36 Sep 2020 32 Mar 2021 31 Sep 2021 27 Mar 2022 21 Mar 2023 19 Apr 2024 18 Mar 2025 21 Sep 2025 22 Mar 2026 19 Sep 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
Apr to Sep 2026 28 Oct 2026 19 92%5%3%9% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 5 May 2026 22 93%4%3%7% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 16 Dec 2025 21 89%7%4%11% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 12 May 2025 18 94%5%1%7% Report
Sep 2023 to Apr 2024 13 May 2024 19 91%8%1%10% Report
Sep 2022 to Mar 2023 18 Oct 2023 21 83%14%3%17% Report
Sep 2021 to Mar 2022 21 Oct 2022 27 68%31%1%31% Report
Mar to Sep 2021 8 Nov 2021 31 53%45%2%6% Report
Sep 2020 to Mar 2021 26 Apr 2021 32 48%51%1%2% Report
Mar to Sep 2020 27 Oct 2020 36 43%52%5%6% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 9 Jul 2020 32 47%52%1%2% Report
Apr to Oct 2019 28 Oct 2019 33 45%53%2%16% Report
Oct 2018 to Apr 2019 1 May 2019 33 46%53%1%1% Report
Apr to Oct 2018 30 Apr 2019 34 42%55%2%1% 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.