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Walter Scott & Partners Limited

Registered as WALTER SCOTT & PARTNERS LIMITED. Company number SC093685. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 30 July 2026.

6days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 January 2026 to 30 June 2026, Walter Scott & Partners Limited reported that it took an average of 6 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 99% of invoices within 30 days, 1% in 31 to 60 days and 0% after more than 60 days. It said 2% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 98% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 30 June 2025, the average was 5 days, so it is 1 day slower now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses at a standard rate of 3%.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 28 Dec 2020 21 Jun 2021 24 Dec 2021 13 Jun 2022 11 Dec 2022 6 Jun 2023 8 Dec 2023 7 Jun 2024 6 Dec 2024 5 Jun 2025 6 Dec 2025 6 Jun 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
Jan to Jun 2026 30 Jul 2026 6 99%1%0%2% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 27 Jan 2026 6 99%1%0%2% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 29 Jul 2025 5 100%0%0%1% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 28 Jan 2025 6 99%1%0%2% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 30 Jul 2024 7 99%0%1%3% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 30 Jan 2024 8 98%1%1%6% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 26 Jul 2023 6 98%2%0%8% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 30 Jan 2023 11 94%3%2%10% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 29 Jul 2022 13 95%2%3%9% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 27 Jan 2022 24 83%11%6%23% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 19 Jul 2021 21 87%9%4%14% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 27 Jan 2021 28 86%8%6%15% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 28 Jul 2020 17 88%9%3%10% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 22 Jan 2020 17 92%4%4%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 30 Jul 2019 19 89%6%5%15% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 22 Jan 2019 26 80%10%10%36% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 23 Jul 2018 23 84%9%7%42% 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.