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Forth Ports Limited

Registered as FORTH PORTS LIMITED. Company number SC134741. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 30 July 2026.

25days 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, Forth Ports Limited reported that it took an average of 25 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 70% of invoices within 30 days, 29% in 31 to 60 days and 1% after more than 60 days. It said 12% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 66% 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 June 2025). It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 22 Dec 2020 23 Jun 2021 22 Dec 2021 23 Jun 2022 24 Dec 2022 23 Jun 2023 23 Dec 2023 25 Jun 2024 24 Dec 2024 25 Jun 2025 25 Dec 2025 25 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 30 Jul 2026 25 70%29%1%12% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 30 Jan 2026 25 70%29%1%9% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 6 Aug 2025 25 71%28%1%13% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 30 Jan 2025 24 73%27%0%10% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 30 Jul 2024 25 73%26%1%11% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 29 Jan 2024 23 76%23%1%10% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 25 Jul 2023 23 77%22%1%11% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 27 Jan 2023 24 78%21%1%11% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 19 Jul 2022 23 77%22%1%15% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 28 Jan 2022 22 81%18%1%12% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 16 Jul 2021 23 78%21%1%13% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 29 Jan 2021 22 82%17%1%13% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 30 Jul 2020 23 78%21%1%16% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 23 Jan 2020 23 80%19%1%12% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 30 Jul 2019 23 78%21%1%21% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 23 Jan 2019 22 80%19%1%19% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 27 Jul 2018 27 55%43%2%81% 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.