30 Fair PaymentHow fast UK companies pay their suppliers

Data as filed to 3 November 2026
10,302 companies, 114,746 reports

How fast the UK's large companies pay their suppliers

Twice a year every large company and LLP has to tell the government how long it takes to pay its invoices. We put all 114,746 reports in one place, company by company, so a supplier can see who pays on time before signing up.

31 daysTypical average time to pay (median)

64%Typical share of invoices paid within 30 days

481Companies averaging more than 60 days (8%)

745Companies paying half or more of invoices outside agreed terms

Based on each company's latest report, for the 6,220 companies whose latest period ended between 31 May 2025 and 31 October 2026. Reports filed to 3 November 2026.

Latest news

  1. Large UK companies take a median of 31 days to pay suppliers, and 481 average more than 60
  2. 815 large companies hold back retentions on construction contracts, with 5% the usual rate
  3. IBC Vehicles Limited takes 295 days to pay suppliers, up from 68, as 2,377 large companies slow down
  4. The Boots Company PLC is the slowest-paying PLC at 88 days, latest reports show
  5. 650 new payment reports filed in the week to 3 November 2026: John Dewar and Sons Limited slowest at 105 days
All news

Slowest payers

  1. Ibc Vehicles Limited295 days
  2. Fresenius Medical Care Renal Services Limited249 days
  3. Petrofac Engineering Limited242 days
  4. Wavemaker Global Limited193 days
  5. Proserv UK Limited186 days
  6. Amazon Digital UK Limited144 days
  7. Norse Care (Services) Limited143 days
  8. Baker & Mckenzie LLP142 days
The 100 slowest

Fastest payers

  1. Bennett Management Contractors (GB) Limited1 day
  2. Epyx Limited1 day
  3. Hilton UK Manage Limited1 day
  4. Invesco Asset Management Limited1 day
  5. Mercury Pharmaceuticals Limited1 day
  6. Modis International Limited1 day
  7. Pontoon Europe Limited1 day
  8. Roevin Management Services Limited1 day
The 100 fastest

Most invoices paid late

  1. BFSL Limited100%
  2. Universal Music Publishing International Limited100%
  3. Global AD Sales Limited100%
  4. UBS Asset Management (UK) Ltd100%
  5. Centrica LNG UK Limited100%
  6. Investec 1 Limited100%
  7. Worldpay Group Limited100%
  8. Infrastructure Investments Holdings Limited100%
Full table

Construction and retentions

1,453 companies reported construction contracts in their latest period, with a typical average of 31 days to pay. 815 said those contracts hold back retention money, most often at a standard rate of 5%. Retention details only appear in reports made under the newest version of the rules, the first of which was filed in July 2025, so this count will grow as more companies move onto them.

Construction payers · Retention clauses · Retention bonds explained

Getting faster

  1. Vestas-Celtic Wind Technology Ltd.-104 days
  2. Synnovis Analytics LLP-102 days
  3. Prudential Corporation Holdings Limited-83 days
  4. Tenpin Limited-73 days
  5. Dentons Europe LLP-68 days
  6. Mercury Pharma Group Limited-68 days
Biggest improvers

Getting slower

  1. Ibc Vehicles Limited+227 days
  2. Fresenius Medical Care Renal Services Limited+180 days
  3. BRS Golf Limited+137 days
  4. Petrofac Engineering Limited+130 days
  5. Baker & Mckenzie LLP+124 days
  6. RSA Accident Repairs Limited+122 days
Full table

Just filed

  1. Leased and Tenanted Pubs 2 Limited24 days
  2. Social Cellar (Gamma) Limited24 days
  3. Croner Limited13 days
  4. Croner Group Limited19 days
  5. The Wilf Ward Family Trust24 days
  6. Standard Fuel Oils Limited28 days
Latest filings

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.