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Lothian Buses Limited

Registered as LOTHIAN BUSES LIMITED. Company number SC096849. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 29 July 2026.

25days 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, Lothian Buses Limited reported that it took an average of 25 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 68% of invoices within 30 days, 31% in 31 to 60 days and 1% after more than 60 days. It said 1% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 66% 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 22 days, so it is 3 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 27 Dec 2020 28 Jun 2021 27 Dec 2021 28 Jun 2022 29 Dec 2022 26 Jun 2023 25 Dec 2023 23 Jun 2024 23 Dec 2024 22 Jun 2025 25 Dec 2025 25 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 29 Jul 2026 25 68%31%1%1% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 26 Jan 2026 25 67%32%1%1% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 30 Jul 2025 22 76%23%1%1% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 30 Jan 2025 23 75%24%1%1% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 18 Jul 2024 23 74%25%1%1% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 23 Jan 2024 25 71%27%2%2% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 24 Jul 2023 26 71%27%2%2% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 27 Jan 2023 29 65%31%4%4% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 27 Jul 2022 28 65%32%3%3% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 25 Jan 2022 27 68%30%2%2% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 30 Jul 2021 28 66%30%4%4% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 28 Jan 2021 27 66%31%3%3% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 23 Jul 2020 32 56%40%4%4% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 8 Jan 2020 30 59%39%2%2% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 30 Jul 2019 28 61%37%2%2% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 9 Jan 2019 30 64%34%2%2% Report
Jan to Jul 2018 6 Jul 2018 31 61%37%2%0% 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.