How fast companies registered in Chelmsford pay their suppliers

7 large companies and LLPs with a registered office in Chelmsford have filed a payment practices report for a period ending since May 2025. The typical one takes 46 days to pay an invoice, 15 days longer than the UK figure of 31 days.

46 daysTypical average time to pay (median)

25%Typical share of invoices paid within 30 days

1Companies averaging more than 60 days

9%Typical share not paid within agreed terms

Each company's latest report, for periods ending between 31 May 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 31 council areas in the East of England with at least five filers, Chelmsford ranks third for the longest typical time to pay, where first is the slowest.

Every Chelmsford company, slowest first

#	Company	Period ending	Average days to pay	Paid within 30 days	Not paid within terms
1	Bew Electrical Distributors Limited	30 Apr 2026	64	5%	5%
2	Marlborough Highways Limited	30 Sep 2026	57	18%	10%
3	Teledyne UK Limited	30 Jun 2026	51	25%	87%
4	First Essex Buses Limited	28 Sep 2026	46	23%	4%
5	Benefit Cosmetics Limited	30 Jun 2026	24	88%	12%
6	The Medical & Diagnostic Care Group Limited	31 May 2025	24	99%	0%
7	Countrywide Surveyors Limited	30 Jun 2026	18	93%	9%

Most invoices paid late

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

Construction and retentions

1 reported construction contracts in their latest period, and none reported retention clauses.

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.