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Baillie Gifford & Co Limited

Registered as BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO LIMITED. Company number SC069524. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 28 October 2026.

16days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 April 2026 to 30 September 2026, Baillie Gifford & Co Limited reported that it took an average of 16 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 92% of invoices within 30 days, 8% in 31 to 60 days and 0% after more than 60 days. It said 8% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 88% 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 22 days, so it is 6 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 18 Mar 2021 18 Sep 2021 18 Mar 2022 16 Sep 2022 13 Mar 2023 20 Sep 2023 9 Mar 2024 20 Sep 2024 18 Mar 2025 22 Sep 2025 14 Mar 2026 16 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 16 92%8%0%8% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 16 Apr 2026 14 93%7%0%7% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 10 Oct 2025 22 50%50%0%0% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 30 Apr 2025 18 70%30%0%58% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 7 Nov 2024 20 77%23%0%17% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 26 Apr 2024 9 95%0%5%11% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 31 Oct 2023 20 69%29%1%37% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 20 Apr 2023 13 95%5%0%13% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 27 Oct 2022 16 85%15%0%3% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 28 Apr 2022 18 82%18%0%10% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 27 Oct 2021 18 80%20%0%10% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 28 Apr 2021 18 81%19%0%7% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 29 Oct 2020 18 83%15%2%16% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 23 Apr 2020 17 84%16%0%3% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 31 Oct 2019 13 96%4%0%3% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 30 Apr 2019 14 92%8%0%8% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 26 Oct 2018 8 98%2%0%6% 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.