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How fast companies registered in Barnsley pay their suppliers

6 large companies and LLPs with a registered office in Barnsley have filed a payment practices report for a period ending since May 2025. The typical one takes 33 days to pay an invoice, 2 days longer than the UK figure of 31 days.

33 daysTypical average time to pay (median)

65.5%Typical share of invoices paid within 30 days

0Companies averaging more than 60 days

26.5%Typical share not paid within agreed terms

Each company's latest report, for periods ending between 30 September 2025 and 30 September 2026. Location is the registered office on the Companies House register, which is not always where a company trades or employs people. Of the 14 council areas in Yorkshire and the Humber with at least five filers, Barnsley ranks 11th for the longest typical time to pay, where first is the slowest.

Every Barnsley company, slowest first

#CompanyPeriod endingAverage days to payPaid within 30 daysNot paid within terms
1 Billington Structures Limited 30 Jun 2026 5515%7%
2 William Rowland Limited 31 Dec 2025 4041%58%
3 Wellspring Academy Trust 31 Aug 2026 3860%40%
4 Company Shop Limited 30 Sep 2026 2885%18%
5 Jtekt Automotive England Ltd 30 Sep 2025 2579%27%
6 The Symphony Group PLC 30 Jun 2026 2371%26%

Most invoices paid late

  1. William Rowland Limited58%
  2. Wellspring Academy Trust40%
  3. Jtekt Automotive England Ltd27%
  4. The Symphony Group PLC26%
  5. Company Shop Limited18%
  6. Billington Structures Limited7%

Share of invoices not paid within the terms agreed with the supplier.

Construction and retentions

3 reported construction contracts in their latest period, and 1 said those contracts hold back retention money, typically at 5%.

  1. Wellspring Academy Trust5%
All retention clauses

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Source: payment practices reports filed by each company under the Reporting on Payment Practices and Performance Regulations, published by the Department for Business and Trade on Check payment practices, Open Government Licence v3.0. Registered office from Companies House. Data as filed to 3 November 2026.