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How fast companies registered in Bristol pay their suppliers
46 large companies and LLPs with a registered office in Bristol have filed a payment practices report for a period ending since May 2025. The typical one takes 30 days to pay an invoice, 1 day shorter than the UK figure of 31 days.
30 daysTypical average time to pay (median)
66%Typical share of invoices paid within 30 days
1Companies averaging more than 60 days
19%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 17 council areas in the South West with at least five filers, Bristol ranks tenth for the longest typical time to pay, where first is the slowest.
Every Bristol company, slowest first
Most invoices paid late
- Ashton Gate Limited82%
- Health Management (Uclh) Limited61%
- Polestar Automotive Holding UK PLC60%
- Magners GB Limited58%
- Bristol Grammar School57%
- Octagon Healthcare Limited51%
- Nisbets Limited50%
- Iop Publishing Limited46%
- Computershare Investor Services PLC43%
- Lyons Davidson Limited43%
Share of invoices not paid within the terms agreed with the supplier.
Construction and retentions
16 reported construction contracts in their latest period, and 6 said those contracts hold back retention money, typically at 3%.
- Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Limited3%
- National Grid Electricity Distribution (East Midlands) PLCrate not given
- National Grid Electricity Distribution (South Wales) PLCrate not given
- National Grid Electricity Distribution (South West) PLCrate not given
- National Grid Electricity Distribution (West Midlands) PLCrate not given
- Unite Integrated Solutions PLCrate not given
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Free to use with credit to Fair Payment and, online, a link to this page. Download the Bristol figures (CSV), see South West as a whole, or read notes for journalists.
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.