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How fast companies registered in City of London pay their suppliers

602 large companies and LLPs with a registered office in City of London have filed a payment practices report for a period ending since May 2025. The typical one takes 26 days to pay an invoice, 5 days shorter than the UK figure of 31 days.

Each company's latest report, for periods ending between 30 June 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 26 council areas in London with at least five filers, City of London ranks 18th for the longest typical time to pay, where first is the slowest.

Every City of London company, slowest first

* Figures look inconsistent with the company's earlier filings, for example an average more than double its previous report, so may contain a filing error. Shown as filed.

Showing the 200 slowest of 602. Download all 602 as a CSV.

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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.