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Beatson Institute for Cancer Research

Registered as BEATSON INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH. Company number SC084170. 16 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 29 October 2026.

33days 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, Beatson Institute for Cancer Research reported that it took an average of 33 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 36% of invoices within 30 days, 62% in 31 to 60 days and 2% after more than 60 days. It said 11% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 44% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. It is unchanged on the same period a year earlier (to 30 September 2025).

Average days to pay, report by report

30 31 Sep 2020 31 Mar 2021 33 Sep 2021 33 Mar 2022 33 Sep 2022 29 Mar 2023 30 Mar 2024 31 Sep 2024 31 Mar 2025 33 Sep 2025 30 Mar 2026 33 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 29 Oct 2026 33 36%62%2%11% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 16 Apr 2026 30 48%50%2%4% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 8 Oct 2025 33 44%53%3%11% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 30 Apr 2025 31 50%48%2%2% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 22 Oct 2024 31 53%45%2%8% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 17 Apr 2024 30 53%45%2%3% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 27 Apr 2023 29 53%46%1%1% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 26 Oct 2022 33 40%57%3%4% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 29 Apr 2022 33 40%58%2%9% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 22 Oct 2021 33 38%61%1%10% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 19 Apr 2021 31 41%58%1%1% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 6 Nov 2020 31 46%52%2%3% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 23 Apr 2020 30 48%51%1%2% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 28 Oct 2019 31 41%59%0%0% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 25 Apr 2019 31 46%53%1%1% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 11 Oct 2018 30 48%52%0%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.