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Cruden Building (Scotland) Limited

Registered as CRUDEN BUILDING (SCOTLAND) LIMITED. Company number SC098858. 16 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 March 2026, filed 6 May 2026.

28days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 October 2025 to 31 March 2026, Cruden Building (Scotland) Limited reported that it took an average of 28 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 55% of invoices within 30 days, 41% in 31 to 60 days and 4% after more than 60 days. It said 14% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 58% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 31 March 2025, the average was 32 days, so it is 4 days faster 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 37 Sep 2019 37 Mar 2020 32 Sep 2020 32 Mar 2021 36 Mar 2022 45 Sep 2022 36 Sep 2023 36 Mar 2024 33 Sep 2024 32 Mar 2025 28 Sep 2025 28 Mar 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
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 6 May 2026 28 55%41%4%14% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 12 Jan 2026 28 60%37%3%15% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 2 Oct 2025 32 48%45%7%18% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 29 Oct 2024 33 70%25%5%19% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 30 Apr 2024 36 43%49%8%22% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 27 Nov 2023 36 43%49%8%11% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 3 May 2023 n/an/an/an/a Report
Apr to Sep 2022 29 Jan 2023 45 48%48%4%19% Report
Apr 2021 to Mar 2022 9 May 2022 36 48%48%4%18% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 26 Oct 2021 n/an/an/an/a Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 28 Apr 2021 32 39%54%7%17% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 25 Nov 2020 32 51%44%5%17% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 6 May 2020 37 35%57%8%11% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 29 Oct 2019 37 38%53%9%12% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 25 Apr 2019 37 34%57%9%9% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 29 Oct 2018 37 34%58%8%8% 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.