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Scottish Power UK PLC

Registered as SCOTTISH POWER UK PLC. Company number SC117120. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 21 July 2026.

34days 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, Scottish Power UK PLC reported that it took an average of 34 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 70% of invoices within 30 days, 24% in 31 to 60 days and 6% after more than 60 days. It said 19% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 42% 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 35 days, so it is 1 day faster now. It reported construction contracts in this period, with no retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 29 Dec 2020 33 Jun 2021 29 Dec 2021 30 Jun 2022 30 Dec 2022 33 Jun 2023 32 Dec 2023 32 Jun 2024 33 Dec 2024 35 Jun 2025 34 Dec 2025 34 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 21 Jul 2026 34 70%24%6%19% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 30 Jan 2026 34 76%17%7%21% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 24 Jul 2025 35 64%29%7%26% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 28 Jan 2025 33 80%15%5%15% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 25 Jul 2024 32 74%21%5%12% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 25 Jan 2024 32 83%11%6%18% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 27 Jul 2023 33 73%20%7%15% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 26 Jan 2023 30 83%10%7%19% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 28 Jul 2022 30 79%16%5%12% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 27 Jan 2022 29 87%9%4%19% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 26 Jul 2021 33 86%10%4%12% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 27 Jan 2021 29 87%10%3%12% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 27 Jul 2020 25 93%6%1%9% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 23 Jan 2020 28 90%8%2%12% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 26 Jul 2019 26 90%8%2%15% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 23 Jan 2019 23 93%6%1%19% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 26 Jul 2018 21 91%8%1%40% 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.