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Bear Scotland Limited

Registered as BEAR SCOTLAND LIMITED. Company number SC206139. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 30 July 2026.

71days 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, Bear Scotland Limited reported that it took an average of 71 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 36% of invoices within 30 days, 51% in 31 to 60 days and 13% after more than 60 days. It said 28% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 4% 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 43 days, so it is 28 days slower now. It reported construction contracts in this period, with no retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 37 Dec 2020 42 Jun 2021 39 Dec 2021 41 Jun 2022 43 Dec 2022 25 Jun 2023 44 Dec 2023 43 Jun 2024 44 Dec 2024 43 Jun 2025 63 Dec 2025 71 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 71 36%51%13%28% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 30 Jan 2026 63 38%48%14%21% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 4 Aug 2025 43 35%53%12%21% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 31 Jan 2025 44 31%47%22%21% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 31 Jul 2024 43 33%51%16%23% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 31 Jan 2024 44 33%51%16%23% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 28 Jul 2023 25 33%51%17%33% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 31 Jan 2023 43 33%48%18%35% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 29 Jul 2022 41 39%47%14%30% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 31 Jan 2022 39 50%40%10%26% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 31 Jul 2021 42 29%57%14%61% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 29 Jan 2021 37 49%41%10%44% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 31 Jul 2020 34 55%37%8%35% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 31 Jan 2020 33 63%31%6%28% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 31 Jul 2019 31 61%35%4%22% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 30 Jan 2019 35 52%39%9%25% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 26 Jul 2018 35 51%42%7%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.