How fast companies registered in Birmingham pay their suppliers

78 large companies and LLPs with a registered office in Birmingham have filed a payment practices report for a period ending since May 2025. The typical one takes 31 days to pay an invoice, the same as the UK figure of 31 days.

31 daysTypical average time to pay (median)

65.5%Typical share of invoices paid within 30 days

6Companies averaging more than 60 days

13%Typical share not paid within agreed terms

Each company's latest report, for periods ending between 30 June 2025 and 15 October 2026. Location is the registered office on the Companies House register, which is not always where a company trades or employs people. Of the 24 council areas in the West Midlands with at least five filers, Birmingham ranks 20th for the longest typical time to pay, where first is the slowest.

Every Birmingham company, slowest first

#	Company	Period ending	Average days to pay	Paid within 30 days	Not paid within terms
1	Ferraris Piston Service Limited	30 Jun 2026	132	3%	27%
2	Mondelez UK Confectionery Production Limited	30 Jun 2026	113	3%	7%
3	Cadbury UK Limited	30 Jun 2026	98	6%	13%
4	GKN Aerospace Services Limited	30 Jun 2026	97	6%	28%
5	Rexel UK Limited	30 Jun 2026	76	4%	0%
6	Petrofac Services Limited	30 Jun 2025	62	39%	12%
7	Public Restaurant Partner Limited	30 Sep 2026	60	19%	3%
8	CH & Co Catering Limited	30 Sep 2026	55	18%	4%
9	Carter Synergy Limited	30 Jun 2026	54	7%	22%
10	Hydraforce Hydraulics Limited	30 Jun 2026	54	11%	56%
11	Vacherin Limited	30 Sep 2026	54	23%	5%
12	Gather & Gather Limited	30 Sep 2026	53	23%	2%
13	Webasto Roof Systems Ltd.	30 Jun 2026	52	13%	76%
14	Gourmet Burger Kitchen (UK) Limited	28 Jun 2026	51	20%	30%
15	Amber Real Estate Investments (Agriculture) Limited	28 Jun 2026	49	47%	0%
16	Banham Poultry (2018) Ltd	27 Jun 2026	49	22%	5%
17	Avison Young (UK) Limited	31 Dec 2025	47	36%	41%
18	Signet Trading Limited	1 Aug 2026	47	32%	7%
19	Veolia ES Birmingham Limited	30 Jun 2026	45	27%	17%
20	Principal Catering Consultants Limited	30 Sep 2026	43	23%	0%
21	2 Agriculture Growing Limited	28 Jun 2026	42	22%	1%
22	Specialist Computer Centres PLC	30 Sep 2026	42	28%	10%
23	Absolutely Catering Limited	30 Sep 2026	41	18%	12%
24	Aston Manor Limited	30 Jun 2026	41	37%	0%
25	Compass Contract Services (U.K.) Limited	30 Sep 2026	41	26%	8%
26	Premier Paper Group Limited	30 Jun 2026	41	58%	11%
27	Rider Levett Bucknall UK Limited	30 Apr 2026	41	63%	29%
28	Schaeffler (UK) Limited	30 Jun 2026	41	32%	90%
29	Ishida Europe Ltd.	20 Sep 2026	39	26%	15%
30	National Express Limited	31 Dec 2025	38	89%	11%
31	Sils Limited	30 Sep 2025	37	31%	1%
32	Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services UK, Ltd.	30 Jun 2026	36	53%	37%
33	Bureau Veritas Certification UK Limited	30 Jun 2026	36	48%	6%
34	West Midlands Travel Limited	31 Dec 2025	35	71%	30%
35	Dignity Funerals Limited	30 Jun 2026	34	76%	30%
36	Wesleyan Administration Services Limited	30 Jun 2026	34	75%	25%
37	Bureau Veritas UK Limited	30 Jun 2026	33	66%	5%
38	Academy Transformation Trust	31 Aug 2026	32	87%	18%
39	Birmingham Diocesan Multi-Academy Trust	31 Aug 2026	31	77%	26%
40	Core Education Trust	31 Aug 2026	31	84%	19%
41	Elan Homes Holdings Ltd.	28 Jun 2026	31	65%	21%
42	Oneadvanced IT Services Limited	31 Aug 2026	31	70%	35%
43	Ormiston Academies Trust	31 Aug 2026	31	80%	24%
44	BHSF Limited	30 Jun 2025	30	78%	34%
45	Bureau Veritas Commodities UK Limited	30 Jun 2026	30	75%	3%
46	The Binding Site Group Limited	15 Oct 2026	30	62%	32%
47	Scrivens Limited	30 Apr 2026	29	56%	4%
48	W. Wing Yip (London) Limited	30 Sep 2026	29	48%	0%
49	Bureau Veritas Building Control UK Limited	30 Jun 2026	28	67%	1%
50	Oneadvanced Limited	31 Aug 2026	28	67%	36%
51	Seamap Limited	30 Apr 2026	28	57%	4%
52	Unity Trust Bank PLC	30 Jun 2026	28	73%	1%
53	W. Wing Yip & Brothers Trading Group Limited	30 Sep 2026	28	52%	0%
54	Wesleyan Financial Services Limited	30 Jun 2026	28	83%	17%
55	European Cargo Limited	31 Dec 2025	27	73%	42%
56	Gateley PLC	30 Apr 2026	27	80%	18%
57	Euro Packaging UK Limited	30 Jun 2026	26	64%	10%
58	HA HA Bar and Grill Limited	26 Sep 2026	26	97%	64%
59	Mitchells & Butlers Retail (No 2) Limited	26 Sep 2026	26	94%	64%
60	Mitchells & Butlers Retail Limited	26 Sep 2026	26	97%	65%
61	Orchid Pubs & Dining Limited	26 Sep 2026	26	90%	65%
62	Postcode Lottery Limited	30 Jun 2026	24	87%	13%
63	Ascot Lloyd Limited	30 Jun 2026	22	74%	30%
64	Carl Zeiss Vision UK Limited	30 Sep 2026	22	73%	6%
65	Summit Learning Trust	31 Aug 2026	22	87%	13%
66	Oneadvanced Group Limited	31 Aug 2026	19	77%	15%
67	Solicitors Regulation Authority Limited	30 Apr 2026	19	95%	12%
68	Sunlife Limited	30 Jun 2026	19	99%	1%
69	Advanced Health and Care Limited	31 Aug 2026	18	86%	14%
70	Minor,Weir and Willis Limited	30 Jun 2026	18	78%	18%
71	Mitchells & Butlers Leisure Retail Limited	26 Sep 2026	17	93%	71%
72	Sigma Connected Ltd	30 Apr 2026	17	90%	4%
73	Shakespeare Martineau LLP	30 Apr 2026	16	88%	12%
74	Bryt Energy Limited	30 Jun 2026	13	99%	0%
75	HSBC UK Bank PLC	30 Jun 2026	12	99%	1%
76	Washwood Heath Multi Academy Trust	31 Aug 2026	12	99%	1%
77	Grenade (UK) Limited	30 Jun 2026	11	96%	27%
78	Phoenix Group Management Services Limited	30 Jun 2026	8	95%	5%

Most invoices paid late

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

Construction and retentions

14 reported construction contracts in their latest period, and 3 said those contracts hold back retention money.

Amber Real Estate Investments (Agriculture) Limitedrate not given
Birmingham Diocesan Multi-Academy Trustrate not given
Veolia ES Birmingham Limitedrate not given

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.