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Cairn Energy Hydrocarbons Limited

Registered as CAIRN ENERGY HYDROCARBONS LIMITED. Company number SC172470. 16 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 March 2026, filed 27 April 2026.

58days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 October 2025 to 31 March 2026, Cairn Energy Hydrocarbons Limited reported that it took an average of 58 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 13% of invoices within 30 days, 50% in 31 to 60 days and 37% after more than 60 days. It said 37% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 9% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 31 March 2025, the average was 20 days, so it is 38 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 54 Mar 2020 74 Sep 2020 29 Mar 2021 18 Sep 2021 114 Mar 2022 18 Sep 2022 28 Mar 2023 47 Sep 2023 15 Sep 2024 20 Mar 2025 30 Sep 2025 58 Mar 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
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 27 Apr 2026 58 13%50%37%37% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 17 Oct 2025 30 56%33%11%44% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 29 May 2025 20 92%4%4%100% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 2 Dec 2024 15 90%10%0%100% Report
Nov 2023 to Mar 2024 30 Apr 2024 n/an/an/an/a Report
Apr to Sep 2023 9 Nov 2023 47 65%5%30%100% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 16 Jun 2023 28 86%7%7%100% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 24 Mar 2023 18 86%7%7%0% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 4 May 2022 114 0%38%63%100% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 1 Nov 2021 18 81%19%0%100% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 21 Apr 2021 29 63%12%25%100% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 28 Oct 2020 74 0%33%67%100% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 20 Apr 2020 54 33%40%27%67% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 30 Oct 2019 143 0%0%100%100% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 29 Apr 2019 70 0%63%37%100% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 30 Oct 2018 85 6%44%50%94% 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.