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How long does Scottish Water Business Stream Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN SC294924 · Water & waste · 13 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2026

26days
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.

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On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
29 Dec 2005
Registered office
1-3 LOCHSIDE CRESCENT, EDINBURGH, EH12 9SE
1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 6–66 days. Reported average: 26.

Stated terms6–66d
+20 days
Reported avg26d

At a glance

The key figures

6–66d
their stated terms
11%
invoices paid outside terms
-7d
faster over the window
±3d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 82% of the 62 large companies reporting in water & waste.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 6d
33
28
23
27
22
26
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 87% 31–60 days 9% 61+ days 4%

The read · computed from their figures

Scottish Water Business Stream Limited has filed 13 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 26 days against stated terms of 6–66 days.

The direction is faster: from 33 to 26 days over the window — about 7 days faster.

In the latest period 11% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 4% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

73% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Our standard payment terms are 30 days. Our wholesale payments are paid in accordance with market terms.

Dispute resolution

Our Accounts Payable team keep track of any disputes daily. A full list is escalated to Heads of Departments weekly to progress resolution.

Other information

Of the payments made during the reporting period, 13% were not paid within terms. Excluding invoices in query or those in dispute this reduces to 3% (Sep 2025: 4% to 2%). Paid within terms decreased marginally to 97% (Sep 2025: 98%). Due to a technical issue, two invoices totalling £3.8million were paid one day late which significantly increased the value of late payments in the period.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20262611%4%28 Apr 2026
H2 2025226%2%29 Oct 2025
H1 2025274%2%30 Apr 2025
H2 2024237%2%30 Oct 2024
H1 20242813%4%30 Apr 2024
H2 20233315%7%30 Oct 2023
H1 20233022%7%27 Apr 2023
H2 20222715%4%1 Dec 2022
H1 20223024%6%1 Dec 2022
H2 20212818%5%2 Nov 2021
H2 2019198%1%12 Dec 2019
H1 20191913%2%15 May 2019
H2 20182320%4%6 Nov 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 26-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 26-day vs a 6-day payment cycle.

≈ £10,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 26-day cycle — about £7,900 more than the same account would carry at 6-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 has moved about 7 days faster over the window (33 → 26 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 26, 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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