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How fast companies registered in Bath and North East Somerset pay their suppliers
15 large companies and LLPs with a registered office in Bath and North East Somerset 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)
60%Typical share of invoices paid within 30 days
0Companies averaging more than 60 days
23%Typical share not paid within agreed terms
Each company's latest report, for periods ending between 28 December 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 17 council areas in the South West with at least five filers, Bath and North East Somerset ranks fifth for the longest typical time to pay, where first is the slowest.
Every Bath and North East Somerset company, slowest first
| # | Company | Period ending | Average days to pay | Paid within 30 days | Not paid within terms |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ytl Developments (UK) Limited | 30 Jun 2026 | 56 | 40% | 26% |
| 2 | Integrity Print Limited | 30 Jun 2026 | 51 | 22% | 64% |
| 3 | Integrity Communications Group Limited | 30 Jun 2026 | 50 | 23% | 67% |
| 4 | Roper Rhodes Limited | 30 Jun 2026 | 42 | 18% | 42% |
| 5 | Buro Happold Limited | 30 Apr 2026 | 35 | 43% | 51% |
| 6 | CFH Docmail Ltd | 30 Sep 2026 | 35 | 35% | 2% |
| 7 | The Bath Priory Limited | 28 Dec 2025 | 34 | 48% | 24% |
| 8 | Cross Manufacturing Company (1938) Limited | 30 Sep 2026 | 33 | 60% | 14% |
| 9 | Monkton Combe School | 31 Aug 2026 | 31 | 63% | 33% |
| 10 | Future Publishing Limited | 30 Sep 2026 | 27 | 83% | 23% |
| 11 | Buro Happold Engineers Limited | 30 Apr 2026 | 23 | 100% | 0% |
| 12 | Ytl Infrastructure (UK) Limited | 30 Jun 2026 | 21 | 66% | 12% |
| 13 | Midsomer Norton Schools Partnership | 31 Aug 2026 | 19 | 83% | 17% |
| 14 | Wessex Water Services Limited | 30 Jun 2026 | 18 | 74% | 10% |
| 15 | Futura Learning Partnership | 31 Aug 2026 | 16 | 98% | 2% |
Most invoices paid late
- Integrity Communications Group Limited67%
- Integrity Print Limited64%
- Buro Happold Limited51%
- Roper Rhodes Limited42%
- Monkton Combe School33%
- Ytl Developments (UK) Limited26%
- The Bath Priory Limited24%
- Future Publishing Limited23%
- Midsomer Norton Schools Partnership17%
- Cross Manufacturing Company (1938) Limited14%
Share of invoices not paid within the terms agreed with the supplier.
Construction and retentions
6 reported construction contracts in their latest period, and 5 said those contracts hold back retention money, typically at 5%.
- Futura Learning Partnership5%
- Midsomer Norton Schools Partnership5%
- Ytl Developments (UK) Limited5%
- Wessex Water Services Limitedrate not given
- Ytl Infrastructure (UK) Limitedrate not given
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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.