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How fast companies registered in Fareham pay their suppliers

7 large companies and LLPs with a registered office in Fareham have filed a payment practices report for a period ending since May 2025. The typical one takes 34 days to pay an invoice, 3 days longer than the UK figure of 31 days.

34 daysTypical average time to pay (median)

39%Typical share of invoices paid within 30 days

0Companies averaging more than 60 days

25%Typical share not paid within agreed terms

Each company's latest report, for periods ending between 31 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 50 council areas in the South East with at least five filers, Fareham ranks 15th for the longest typical time to pay, where first is the slowest.

Every Fareham company, slowest first

#CompanyPeriod endingAverage days to payPaid within 30 daysNot paid within terms
1 SMR Automotive Mirrors UK Limited 30 Sep 2026 5839%55%
2 First Hampshire & Dorset Limited 28 Sep 2026 4430%2%
3 Raymarine UK Limited 30 Jun 2026 3947%45%
4 Hughes and Salvidge Limited 31 Mar 2026 3436%6%
5 Enerveo Limited 31 Mar 2026 3353%25%
6 Boskalis Subsea Limited 31 Dec 2025 3239%33%
7 Boskalis Westminster Limited 30 Jun 2026 2284%17%

Most invoices paid late

  1. SMR Automotive Mirrors UK Limited55%
  2. Raymarine UK Limited45%
  3. Boskalis Subsea Limited33%
  4. Enerveo Limited25%
  5. Boskalis Westminster Limited17%
  6. Hughes and Salvidge Limited6%
  7. First Hampshire & Dorset Limited2%

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

Construction and retentions

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

  1. Enerveo 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.