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Scottishpower Energy Retail Limited

Registered as SCOTTISHPOWER ENERGY RETAIL LIMITED. Company number SC190287. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 21 July 2026.

23days 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, Scottishpower Energy Retail Limited reported that it took an average of 23 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 80% of invoices within 30 days, 15% in 31 to 60 days and 5% after more than 60 days. It said 23% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 72% 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 21 days, so it is 2 days slower now. It reported construction contracts in this period, with no retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 23 Dec 2020 20 Jun 2021 20 Dec 2021 22 Jun 2022 27 Dec 2022 25 Jun 2023 24 Dec 2023 18 Jun 2024 18 Dec 2024 21 Jun 2025 25 Dec 2025 23 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 23 80%15%5%23% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 30 Jan 2026 25 88%9%3%17% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 24 Jul 2025 21 83%14%3%19% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 28 Jan 2025 18 94%5%1%11% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 25 Jul 2024 18 90%9%1%11% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 25 Jan 2024 24 94%5%1%13% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 27 Jul 2023 25 88%9%3%11% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 26 Jan 2023 27 92%4%4%15% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 28 Jul 2022 22 89%9%2%12% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 27 Jan 2022 20 94%4%2%16% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 26 Jul 2021 20 90%7%3%18% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 27 Jan 2021 23 94%4%2%15% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 27 Jul 2020 20 92%6%2%14% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 23 Jan 2020 22 92%6%2%13% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 26 Jul 2019 19 91%7%2%17% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 23 Jan 2019 20 93%5%2%20% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 26 Jul 2018 19 89%9%2%38% 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.