30 Fair PaymentHow fast UK companies pay their suppliers
  1. Home
  2. Companies
  3. STV Central Limited

STV Central Limited

Registered as STV CENTRAL LIMITED. Company number SC172149. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 29 July 2026.

21days 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, STV Central Limited reported that it took an average of 21 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 87% of invoices within 30 days, 12% in 31 to 60 days and 1% after more than 60 days. It said 29% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 77% 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 22 days, so it is 1 day faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 28 Dec 2020 23 Jun 2021 23 Dec 2021 20 Jun 2022 21 Dec 2022 19 Jun 2023 22 Dec 2023 22 Jun 2024 21 Dec 2024 22 Jun 2025 20 Dec 2025 21 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 29 Jul 2026 21 87%12%1%29% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 28 Jan 2026 20 91%8%1%22% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 30 Jul 2025 22 86%13%1%25% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 5 Feb 2025 21 91%9%0%19% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 30 Jul 2024 22 89%10%1%22% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 24 Jan 2024 22 81%18%1%29% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 19 Jul 2023 19 91%8%1%12% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 27 Jan 2023 21 91%8%1%12% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 26 Jul 2022 20 87%13%0%21% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 20 Jan 2022 23 85%13%2%24% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 29 Jul 2021 23 81%17%2%27% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 28 Jan 2021 28 69%28%3%32% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 30 Jul 2020 26 68%29%3%39% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 30 Jan 2020 23 74%25%1%34% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 30 Jul 2019 21 77%22%1%30% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 31 Jan 2019 22 77%22%1%38% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 20 Jul 2018 27 65%32%3%45% 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.