Your invoice says 30 days. What does the record say?
Every large UK company has to file how long it really takes to pay its suppliers. We put all 10,302 of them in one place, so you can check a customer before you sign.
- The 30-day benchmark
- 30 days
- Typical time actually taken
- 31 days
- Typical share paid within 30 days
- 64%
- Companies averaging over 60 days
- 481
Petrofac Engineering Limited, period to 30 June 2026
Typical figures are medians across the 6,220 companies whose latest period ended between 31 May 2025 and 31 October 2026. Reports filed to 3 November 2026.
Still waiting: the slowest payers
See all 100- Petrofac Engineering Limited 242days to pay
Period to 30 Jun 2026. 35% not paid within agreed terms.
- Wavemaker Global Limited 193days to pay
Period to 30 Jun 2026. 0% not paid within agreed terms.
- Proserv UK Limited 186days to pay
Period to 30 Jun 2026. 78% not paid within agreed terms.
- Ernst & Young (Emeia) Services Limited 138days to pay
Period to 30 Jun 2026. 64% not paid within agreed terms.
- Ferraris Piston Service Limited 132days to pay
Period to 30 Jun 2026. 27% not paid within agreed terms.
- Reckitt Benckiser Healthcare International Limited 132days to pay
Period to 30 Jun 2026. 4% not paid within agreed terms.
Each block is 30 days: navy for the first, amber beyond. Companies whose latest figures look inconsistent with earlier filings are counted but not named here.
Late payment interest, an example
- Invoice
- £5,000.00
- Fell due
- 31 Aug 2026
- Days late
- 64
- Statutory rate
- 11.75%
- Interest
- £103.01
- Fixed compensation
- £70.00
- You can claim
- £5,173.01
Bank Rate of 3.75% plus 8%, under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998, to 3 Nov 2026.
Work out yoursHow your area pays
Every council area- Leeds 91 large companies registered Slowest: Surfachem Limited Typical 32 days
- Manchester 69 large companies registered Slowest: THG Nutrition Limited Typical 34 days
- Birmingham 78 large companies registered Slowest: Ferraris Piston Service Limited Typical 31 days
- Edinburgh 71 large companies registered Slowest: Heineken UK Limited Typical 25 days
- Glasgow 68 large companies registered Slowest: City Facilities Management (UK) Limited Typical 33 days
- Bristol 46 large companies registered Slowest: Space Engineering Services Limited Typical 30 days
- Sheffield 29 large companies registered Slowest: Special Quality Alloys Limited Typical 36 days
- Newcastle upon Tyne 31 large companies registered Slowest: Winn Solicitors Limited Typical 34 days
Latest news
All news- National picture · 3 Nov 2026Large UK companies take a median of 31 days to pay suppliers, and 481 average more than 60
- Construction · 3 Nov 2026815 large companies hold back retentions on construction contracts, with 5% the usual rate
- Movers · 3 Nov 2026Petrofac Engineering Limited takes 242 days to pay suppliers, up from 112, as 2,377 large companies slow down
- Slowest payers · 3 Nov 2026The Boots Company PLC is the slowest-paying PLC at 88 days, latest reports show
Fastest payers
- Bennett Management Contractors (GB) Limited1 day
- Epyx Limited1 day
- Hilton UK Manage Limited1 day
- Invesco Asset Management Limited1 day
- Mercury Pharmaceuticals Limited1 day
- Modis International Limited1 day
Most invoices paid late
- BFSL Limited100%
- Global AD Sales Limited100%
- UBS Asset Management (UK) Ltd100%
- Investec 1 Limited100%
- Worldpay Group Limited100%
- Infrastructure Investments Holdings Limited100%
Getting slower
- Petrofac Engineering Limited+130 days
- Proserv UK Limited+102 days
- Firstport Retirement Property Services Limited+65 days
- Severfield (Design & Build) Limited+65 days
- Guide Dogs for the Blind Association(the)+63 days
- EY Global Services Limited+62 days
Getting faster
- Vestas-Celtic Wind Technology Ltd.-104 days
- Synnovis Analytics LLP-102 days
- Prudential Corporation Holdings Limited-83 days
- Tenpin Limited-73 days
- Dentons Europe LLP-68 days
- Mercury Pharma Group Limited-68 days
Just filed
- Leased and Tenanted Pubs 2 Limited24 days
- Social Cellar (Gamma) Limited24 days
- Croner Limited13 days
- Croner Group Limited19 days
- The Wilf Ward Family Trust24 days
- Standard Fuel Oils Limited28 days
Tools and guides
- Late payment interest calculator
- Retention release calculator
- Construction Act payment rules
- Supply chain finance and extended terms
- For journalists
Year-on-year change compares each company's latest period with the same period a year earlier. 2,582 companies got faster and 2,377 got slower, of 5,715 with a comparable report. How we use the data.