Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does The Skills Development Scotland Co. Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN SC202659 · Education · 1 statutory report on record · period to 31 Mar 2026

4days

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: PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Incorporated: 24 Dec 1999
Registered office: FLOOR 1 MONTEITH HOUSE, GLASGOW, G2 1DY

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30 days. Reported average: 4.

Stated terms30d

-26 days

Reported avg4d

At a glance

The key figures

30d

their stated terms

invoices paid outside terms

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Faster than 100% of the 303 large companies reporting in education.

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 100% 31–60 days 0% 61+ days 0%

The read · computed from their figures

The Skills Development Scotland Co. Limited has filed 1 statutory payment period (earliest H1 2026). Their latest report puts the average at 4 days against stated terms of 30 days.

In the latest period 0% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 0% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Payment code: The Scottish Public Finance Manual

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Skills Development Scotland (SDS), in line with other public sector organisations, is bound by the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 and makes payment within 30 days of receipt of a valid invoice, unless alternative contractual terms apply. Payment terms are agreed when orders for goods and services are placed, and SDS adheres to those arrangements. Where possible, SDS aims to comply with the Scottish Government’s target of making payment of authorised invoices within 10 working days of receipt.

Dispute resolution

Suppliers may contact Skills Development Scotland to raise queries or disputes regarding relevant invoices or payments. Any disputes are reviewed promptly and resolved in accordance with agreed contractual terms, with the aim of avoiding unnecessary delays to payment.

Other information

Invoices submitted to Skills Development Scotland are processed in accordance with agreed contractual terms and internal controls, including purchase order matching and invoice approval. Payments to suppliers are made on a regular basis in line with established payment cycles.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	4	0%	0%	20 May 2026

Quick answers

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Their latest reports average around day 4. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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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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