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Bell Group Ltd

Registered as BELL GROUP LTD. Company number SC114142. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 30 October 2026.

45days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 April 2026 to 30 September 2026, Bell Group Ltd reported that it took an average of 45 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 35% of invoices within 30 days, 53% in 31 to 60 days and 12% after more than 60 days. It said 4% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 22% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. It is unchanged on the same period a year earlier (to 30 September 2025). It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 41 Mar 2021 43 Sep 2021 45 Mar 2022 45 Sep 2022 45 Mar 2023 45 Sep 2023 46 Mar 2024 45 Sep 2024 45 Mar 2025 45 Sep 2025 45 Mar 2026 45 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
Apr to Sep 2026 30 Oct 2026 45 35%53%12%4% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 30 Apr 2026 45 30%53%17%4% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 30 Oct 2025 45 33%49%18%4% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 30 Apr 2025 45 33%48%19%4% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 30 Oct 2024 45 36%44%20%4% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 29 Apr 2024 46 35%43%22%4% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 30 Oct 2023 45 36%44%20%4% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 28 Apr 2023 45 37%43%20%4% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 28 Oct 2022 45 30%46%24%4% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 29 Apr 2022 45 35%43%22%4% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 28 Oct 2021 43 30%51%19%3% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 30 Apr 2021 41 32%53%15%3% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 23 Oct 2020 38 37%37%26%3% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 29 Apr 2020 43 37%29%34%6% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 30 Oct 2019 43 39%26%35%10% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 30 Apr 2019 47 37%24%39%4% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 30 Oct 2018 40 41%21%38%42% 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.