How fast companies registered in Crawley pay their suppliers

21 large companies and LLPs with a registered office in Crawley 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)

65%Typical share of invoices paid within 30 days

0Companies averaging more than 60 days

14%Typical share not paid within agreed terms

Each company's latest report, for periods ending between 31 March 2026 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 50 council areas in the South East with at least five filers, Crawley ranks 25th for the longest typical time to pay, where first is the slowest.

Every Crawley company, slowest first

#	Company	Period ending	Average days to pay	Paid within 30 days	Not paid within terms
1	G.E.W. (EC) Limited	30 Jun 2026	58	12%	4%
2	Rentokil Initial UK Ltd	30 Jun 2026	54	42%	11%
3	Schlumberger Oilfield UK Limited	30 Jun 2026	52	26%	15%
4	Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited	30 Jun 2026	52	36%	71%
5	Volution Ventilation UK Limited	31 Jul 2026	50	75%	3%
6	Creative Technology Limited	30 Jun 2026	37	34%	70%
7	Gatwick Airport Limited	30 Jun 2026	37	62%	33%
8	TLC (Southern) Limited	31 May 2026	32	19%	0%
9	CGG Services (UK) Limited	30 Jun 2026	31	55%	58%
10	Tokyo Electron Europe Limited	30 Sep 2026	31	69%	38%
11	People's Administration Services Limited	30 Sep 2026	30	64%	36%
12	Keysight Technologies (Spirent Services) Limited	30 Jun 2026	29	65%	24%
13	People's Partnership Holdings Limited	31 Mar 2026	28	97%	3%
14	Paymaster (1836) Limited	30 Jun 2026	26	79%	14%
15	Varian Medical Systems UK Limited	30 Sep 2026	25	86%	21%
16	People's Partnership Limited	30 Sep 2026	24	87%	13%
17	Amadeus IT Services UK Limited	30 Jun 2026	23	87%	7%
18	Rentokil Initial 1927 PLC	30 Jun 2026	23	63%	9%
19	Canon Medical Systems Limited	30 Jun 2026	21	91%	1%
20	Aerotron Limited	30 Jun 2026	20	76%	12%
21	Virgin Holidays Limited	30 Jun 2026	20	87%	31%

Most invoices paid late

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

Construction and retentions

2 reported construction contracts in their latest period, and 1 said those contracts hold back retention money.

Gatwick Airport 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.