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First Aberdeen Limited

Registered as FIRST ABERDEEN LIMITED. Company number SC097420. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 28 September 2026, filed 15 October 2026.

47days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 29 March 2026 to 28 September 2026, First Aberdeen Limited reported that it took an average of 47 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 27% of invoices within 30 days, 60% in 31 to 60 days and 13% after more than 60 days. It said 3% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 19% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 29 September 2025, the average was 45 days, so it is 2 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 49 Mar 2021 47 Sep 2021 50 Mar 2022 49 Sep 2022 47 Mar 2023 48 Sep 2023 46 Mar 2024 47 Sep 2024 48 Mar 2025 45 Sep 2025 49 Mar 2026 47 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
Mar to Sep 2026 15 Oct 2026 47 27%60%13%3% Report
Sep 2025 to Mar 2026 24 Apr 2026 49 28%61%11%4% Report
Mar to Sep 2025 22 Oct 2025 45 27%57%16%5% Report
Sep 2024 to Mar 2025 25 Apr 2025 48 30%52%18%7% Report
Mar to Sep 2024 17 Oct 2024 47 30%50%20%4% Report
Sep 2023 to Mar 2024 15 Apr 2024 46 32%48%20%5% Report
Mar to Sep 2023 12 Oct 2023 48 30%45%25%5% Report
Sep 2022 to Mar 2023 18 Apr 2023 47 34%41%25%6% Report
Mar to Sep 2022 19 Oct 2022 49 26%49%25%6% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 22 Apr 2022 50 29%50%21%3% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 26 Oct 2021 47 29%46%25%3% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 15 Apr 2021 49 29%46%25%3% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 28 Oct 2020 52 25%42%33%4% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 27 Apr 2020 50 27%43%30%7% Report
Mar to Sep 2019 28 Oct 2019 51 26%41%33%6% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 23 Apr 2019 51 26%44%30%12% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 29 Oct 2018 55 20%45%35%44% 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.