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Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution PLC

Registered as SCOTTISH HYDRO ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION PLC. Company number SC213460. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 29 October 2026.

25days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 April 2026 to 30 September 2026, Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution PLC reported that it took an average of 25 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 90% of invoices within 30 days, 9% in 31 to 60 days and 1% after more than 60 days. It said 20% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 66% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. It is unchanged on the same period a year earlier (to 30 September 2025). It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses at a standard rate of 5%.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 27 Mar 2021 27 Sep 2021 27 Mar 2022 28 Sep 2022 27 Mar 2023 25 Sep 2023 26 Mar 2024 26 Sep 2024 25 Mar 2025 25 Sep 2025 25 Mar 2026 25 Sep 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
Apr to Sep 2026 29 Oct 2026 25 90%9%1%20% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 28 Apr 2026 25 93%6%1%13% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 23 Oct 2025 25 92%7%1%12% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 21 Apr 2025 25 92%7%1%14% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 29 Oct 2024 26 90%8%2%19% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 24 Apr 2024 26 89%8%3%23% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 25 Oct 2023 25 95%3%2%19% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 28 Apr 2023 27 90%6%3%23% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 31 Oct 2022 28 88%8%4%22% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 26 Apr 2022 27 89%9%2%23% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 28 Oct 2021 27 89%8%3%29% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 30 Apr 2021 27 90%6%4%29% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 28 Oct 2020 26 87%10%3%30% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 27 Apr 2020 28 84%12%4%38% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 29 Oct 2019 33 79%14%7%55% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 29 Apr 2019 31 70%22%8%59% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 30 Oct 2018 37 69%20%11%69% 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.