Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Stagecoach Group PLC take to pay its suppliers?

CRN SC100764 · Transport & storage · 18 statutory reports on record · period to 2 May 2026

20days

their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period

Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

Self-reported figure from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 4 Sept 1986
Registered office: 10 DUNKELD ROAD, PERTHSHIRE, PH1 5TW

6 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Jan 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 7–60 days. Reported average: 20.

Stated terms7–60d

+13 days

Reported avg20d

At a glance

The key figures

7–60d

their stated terms

29%

invoices paid outside terms

±3d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Faster than 90% of the 248 large companies reporting in transport & storage.

The pattern

Holding steady

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 7d

H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 79% 31–60 days 20% 61+ days 1%

The read · computed from their figures

Stagecoach Group PLC has filed 18 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2017). Their latest report puts the average at 20 days against stated terms of 7–60 days.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±3 days period to period.

In the latest period 29% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 1% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

4% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

It is the Company’s policy to agree appropriate terms of payment with suppliers for each transaction or series of transactions, and to abide by those terms based on the timely submission of satisfactory invoices. The Company normally settles trade payables on 30 day terms, however variations to these terms do exist based on agreements with certain suppliers.

Dispute resolution

The Company is committed to dealing with its suppliers in a fair, honest and professional manner while seeking best value for the business. We seek to resolve queries as quickly as possible to everyone’s satisfaction prior to payment being made. In the event that a dispute cannot be resolved by our Accounts Payable team, it would escalated in the first instance to the relevant Head of Department to seek a resolution.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	20	29%	1%	1 Jun 2026
H2 2025	24	20%	0%	1 Dec 2025
H1 2025	18	11%	1%	1 Jun 2025
H2 2024	21	14%	4%	25 Nov 2024
H1 2024	21	8%	3%	27 May 2024
H2 2023	21	12%	4%	23 Nov 2023
H1 2023	26	12%	6%	29 May 2023
H2 2022	22	13%	4%	25 Nov 2022
H1 2022	30	13%	5%	30 May 2022
H2 2021	24	21%	4%	30 Nov 2021
H1 2021	32	26%	7%	31 May 2021
H2 2020	38	26%	6%	22 Dec 2020
H1 2020	29	35%	6%	1 Jun 2020
H2 2019	23	19%	3%	14 Nov 2019
H1 2019	25	23%	4%	22 May 2019
H2 2018	31	35%	5%	27 Nov 2018
H1 2018	21	28%	2%	7 May 2018
H2 2017	22	21%	3%	29 Nov 2017

Working-capital effect

What a 20-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 20-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £8,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 20-day cycle — about £5,100 more than the same account would carry at 7-day terms.

Late Payment Act. The Late Payment of Commercial Debts Act lets a supplier charge statutory interest and fixed compensation on invoices paid past agreed terms. Work out what a late invoice is worth → Whether it applies depends on your contract — check with an adviser.

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average is steady — within about ±3 days period to period, around 20 days.

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 20, moving within about ±3 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

Can I see what this means for my invoices?

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How UK payment reporting works

What is a Payment Practices Report?

UK companies and LLPs above a size threshold — broadly, two of: turnover over £54m, balance sheet over £27m, or more than 250 employees — must report twice a year, under the Reporting on Payment Practices and Performance Regulations 2017, how quickly they actually pay suppliers: the average time to pay, the share of invoices paid in 30 days or fewer, 31 to 60 days and 61 days or longer, and their standard payment terms. Those thresholds apply to financial years beginning on or after 6 April 2025; for earlier financial years they were £36m and £18m, with the same 250-employee test.

What does "paid outside agreed terms" mean?

The share of invoices paid later than the terms in the supplier contract. If terms are 30 days and an invoice is paid on day 45, it counts as paid outside terms, regardless of the headline average.

How often is this data updated?

Each report covers a six-month period and must be filed within 30 days of that period ending, so a company's record refreshes roughly twice a year. PaidLate re-reads the register as new reports are filed.

Is this official government data?

The underlying payment figures come from the company's own statutory filings on the gov.uk payment-practices service; company-status data comes from Companies House. PaidLate calculates trends, comparisons and summaries from those records. It does not use surveys or credit-agency scores.

How this is compiled. Built from official records only: Companies House and the gov.uk payment-practices service. The payment figures are self-reported — companies over the size threshold must file them by law and the board signs them off. No credit-agency data. The numbers are theirs; the plain-English read is ours. This is information compiled from public records under the Open Government Licence v3.0 — not a credit rating and not advice.

The 31-day comparison figure is the median across 6,185 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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