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I. & H. Brown Limited

Registered as I. & H. BROWN LIMITED. Company number SC040891. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 August 2026, filed 21 September 2026.

50days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 2 March 2026 to 30 August 2026, I. & H. Brown Limited reported that it took an average of 50 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 11% of invoices within 30 days, 66% in 31 to 60 days and 23% after more than 60 days. It said 9% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 16% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 31 August 2025, the average was 51 days, so it is 1 day faster now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses at a standard rate of 5%.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 53 Feb 2021 50 Aug 2021 54 Feb 2022 53 Aug 2022 52 Feb 2023 50 Aug 2023 52 Feb 2024 52 Sep 2024 58 Mar 2025 51 Aug 2025 53 Mar 2026 50 Aug 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
Mar to Aug 2026 21 Sep 2026 50 11%66%23%9% Report
Sep 2025 to Mar 2026 23 Mar 2026 53 10%59%31%12% Report
Mar to Aug 2025 18 Sep 2025 51 11%61%28%12% Report
Sep 2024 to Mar 2025 19 Mar 2025 58 10%59%31%9% Report
Feb to Sep 2024 24 Sep 2024 52 12%60%28%11% Report
Aug 2023 to Feb 2024 22 Mar 2024 52 12%59%29%10% Report
Feb to Aug 2023 18 Sep 2023 50 18%65%17%8% Report
Aug 2022 to Feb 2023 21 Mar 2023 52 13%61%26%15% Report
Feb to Aug 2022 23 Sep 2022 53 13%62%25%26% Report
Aug 2021 to Feb 2022 24 Mar 2022 54 7%64%29%25% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 29 Sep 2021 50 11%69%20%27% Report
Aug 2020 to Feb 2021 25 Mar 2021 53 11%67%22%11% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 30 Sep 2020 53 9%64%27%52% Report
Sep 2019 to Mar 2020 30 Mar 2020 54 8%63%29%51% Report
Mar to Sep 2019 3 Oct 2019 55 7%67%26%65% Report
Sep 2018 to Mar 2019 27 Mar 2019 53 8%65%27%25% Report
Feb to Sep 2018 27 Sep 2018 53 10%62%28%44% Report
Aug 2017 to Feb 2018 27 Mar 2018 58 8%62%30%26% 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.