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Edinburgh Airport Limited

Registered as EDINBURGH AIRPORT LIMITED. Company number SC096623. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 13 July 2026.

26days 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, Edinburgh Airport Limited reported that it took an average of 26 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 58% of invoices within 30 days, 35% in 31 to 60 days and 7% after more than 60 days. It said 16% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 64% 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 25 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 5%.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 66 Dec 2020 50 Jun 2021 54 Dec 2021 31 Jun 2022 39 Dec 2022 31 Jun 2023 27 Dec 2023 25 Jun 2024 24 Dec 2024 25 Jun 2025 25 Dec 2025 26 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 13 Jul 2026 26 58%35%7%16% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 26 Jan 2026 25 58%36%6%22% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 11 Jul 2025 25 59%35%6%23% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 29 Jan 2025 24 61%34%5%24% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 29 Jul 2024 25 60%35%5%24% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 26 Jan 2024 27 60%32%9%29% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 21 Jul 2023 31 56%18%26%50% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 27 Jan 2023 39 52%17%32%57% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 29 Jul 2022 31 57%15%28%50% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 27 Jan 2022 54 40%16%44%67% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 27 Jul 2021 50 40%16%44%72% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 28 Jan 2021 66 42%12%46%66% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 27 Jul 2020 42 43%22%35%58% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 21 Jan 2020 34 48%33%19%44% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 17 Jul 2019 33 49%31%20%45% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 23 Jan 2019 35 45%32%23%45% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 26 Jul 2018 35 46%33%21%43% 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.