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Scottish Widows Services Limited

Registered as SCOTTISH WIDOWS SERVICES LIMITED. Company number SC189975. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 30 July 2026.

11days 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 Widows Services Limited reported that it took an average of 11 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 91% of invoices within 30 days, 5% in 31 to 60 days and 4% after more than 60 days. It said 7% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 94% 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 12 days, so it is 1 day faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 22 Dec 2020 17 Jun 2021 18 Dec 2021 18 Jun 2022 15 Dec 2022 12 Jun 2023 13 Dec 2023 14 Jun 2024 15 Dec 2024 12 Jun 2025 10 Dec 2025 11 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 11 91%5%4%7% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 30 Jan 2026 10 94%3%3%4% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 23 Feb 2026 12 92%5%3%8% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 30 Jan 2025 15 90%7%3%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 30 Jul 2024 14 93%4%2%5% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 30 Jan 2024 13 93%4%3%5% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 28 Jul 2023 12 94%4%2%6% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 30 Jan 2023 15 90%7%3%9% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 28 Jul 2022 18 88%7%5%11% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 28 Jan 2022 18 88%7%5%10% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 28 Jul 2021 17 88%8%4%10% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 28 Jan 2021 22 84%9%7%14% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 29 Jul 2020 21 85%8%7%12% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 28 Jan 2020 23 88%6%6%10% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 29 Jul 2019 18 87%9%4%11% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 29 Jan 2019 23 83%9%8%12% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 27 Jul 2018 28 72%15%13%25% 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.