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Search Consultancy Limited

Registered as SEARCH CONSULTANCY LIMITED. Company number SC105640. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 28 June 2026, filed 28 July 2026.

30days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 29 December 2025 to 28 June 2026, Search Consultancy Limited reported that it took an average of 30 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 58% of invoices within 30 days, 41% in 31 to 60 days and 1% after more than 60 days. It said 40% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 52% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 29 June 2025, the average was 39 days, so it is 9 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 31 Jan 2021 33 Jul 2021 27 Jan 2022 31 Jun 2022 33 Jan 2023 30 Jul 2023 30 Dec 2023 36 Jun 2024 35 Dec 2024 39 Jun 2025 32 Dec 2025 30 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
Dec 2025 to Jun 2026 28 Jul 2026 30 58%41%1%40% Report
Jun to Dec 2025 27 Jan 2026 32 52%45%3%44% Report
Dec 2024 to Jun 2025 29 Jul 2025 39 40%48%12%53% Report
Aug to Dec 2024 25 Mar 2025 35 46%48%6%57% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 30 Jul 2024 36 42%52%6%53% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 29 Jan 2024 30 59%39%2%49% Report
Jan to Jul 2023 31 Jul 2023 30 59%39%2%45% Report
Jul 2022 to Jan 2023 31 Jan 2023 33 65%32%3%45% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 2 Aug 2022 31 65%31%4%43% Report
Jul 2021 to Jan 2022 1 Feb 2022 27 78%20%2%36% Report
Jan to Jul 2021 2 Aug 2021 33 74%20%6%36% Report
Jul 2020 to Jan 2021 8 Feb 2021 31 83%13%4%31% Report
Jan to Jul 2020 4 Aug 2020 28 65%32%3%46% Report
Jul 2019 to Jan 2020 3 Feb 2020 26 74%24%2%35% Report
Dec 2018 to Jun 2019 26 Jul 2019 25 80%17%3%30% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 29 Jan 2019 24 83%14%3%21% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 30 Jul 2018 34 47%47%6%52% 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.