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Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission PLC

Registered as SCOTTISH HYDRO ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION PLC. Company number SC213461. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 29 October 2026.

24days 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 Transmission PLC reported that it took an average of 24 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 92% of invoices within 30 days, 7% in 31 to 60 days and 1% after more than 60 days. It said 23% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 69% 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 28 Mar 2021 27 Sep 2021 27 Mar 2022 30 Sep 2022 27 Mar 2023 27 Sep 2023 28 Mar 2024 27 Sep 2024 25 Mar 2025 24 Sep 2025 24 Mar 2026 24 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 24 92%7%1%23% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 29 Apr 2026 24 93%6%1%22% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 27 Oct 2025 24 94%5%1%18% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 28 Apr 2025 25 92%6%2%19% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 31 Oct 2024 27 90%7%3%24% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 24 Apr 2024 28 86%9%5%31% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 31 Oct 2023 27 91%5%4%28% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 28 Apr 2023 27 90%6%4%29% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 31 Oct 2022 30 89%7%4%26% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 27 Apr 2022 27 91%6%3%26% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 29 Oct 2021 27 91%6%3%29% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 28 Apr 2021 28 90%6%4%27% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 28 Oct 2020 29 87%8%5%32% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 27 Apr 2020 29 82%13%5%37% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 29 Oct 2019 33 75%17%8%56% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 29 Apr 2019 35 65%23%12%64% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 30 Oct 2018 36 72%19%9%72% 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.