How fast companies registered in Cornwall pay their suppliers

18 large companies and LLPs with a registered office in Cornwall have filed a payment practices report for a period ending since May 2025. The typical one takes 33.5 days to pay an invoice, 2.5 days longer than the UK figure of 31 days.

33.5 daysTypical average time to pay (median)

70.5%Typical share of invoices paid within 30 days

0Companies averaging more than 60 days

4.5%Typical share not paid within agreed terms

Each company's latest report, for periods ending between 27 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, Cornwall ranks fourth for the longest typical time to pay, where first is the slowest.

Every Cornwall company, slowest first

#	Company	Period ending	Average days to pay	Paid within 30 days	Not paid within terms
1	Watson-Marlow Limited	30 Jun 2026	49	26%	33%
2	Pendennis Shipyard Limited	30 Jun 2026	48	24%	1%
3	ST.Austell Brewery Company Limited	27 Dec 2025	48	5%	2%
4	MJL Contractors Limited	30 Sep 2026	47	30%	13%
5	Bott Limited	30 Jun 2026	44	22%	2%
6	Fred Champion Groundworks Limited	30 Sep 2026	41	10%	5%
7	Steve Hoskin Construction Limited	30 Sep 2026	38	31%	0%
8	Crofty Education Trust	31 Aug 2026	37	97%	3%
9	Seasalt Limited	31 Jul 2026	36	58%	14%
10	Westward Building Services Limited	30 Jun 2026	31	52%	1%
11	Wessex Retail Limited	31 Mar 2026	30	98%	12%
12	Corserv Solutions Limited	30 Sep 2026	26	93%	17%
13	Truro & Penwith Academy Trust	31 Aug 2026	22	89%	10%
14	Aspire Academy Trust	31 Aug 2026	19	91%	0%
15	Falmouth Exeter Plus	31 Jul 2026	19	83%	17%
16	Kernow Learning Multi Academy Trust	31 Aug 2026	16	93%	4%
17	Gillett's (Callington) Limited	31 Mar 2026	14	99%	21%
18	Cornwall Education Learning Trust	31 Aug 2026	12	94%	1%

Most invoices paid late

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

Construction and retentions

7 reported construction contracts in their latest period, and 4 said those contracts hold back retention money, typically at 4%.

Seasalt Limited5%
MJL Contractors Limited3%
Corserv Solutions Limitedrate not given
Fred Champion Groundworks 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.