How fast companies registered in Harlow pay their suppliers

8 large companies and LLPs with a registered office in Harlow have filed a payment practices report for a period ending since May 2025. The typical one takes 29.5 days to pay an invoice, 1.5 days shorter than the UK figure of 31 days.

29.5 daysTypical average time to pay (median)

61.5%Typical share of invoices paid within 30 days

0Companies averaging more than 60 days

35%Typical share not paid within agreed terms

Each company's latest report, for periods ending between 30 June 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 31 council areas in the East of England with at least five filers, Harlow ranks 26th for the longest typical time to pay, where first is the slowest.

Every Harlow company, slowest first

#	Company	Period ending	Average days to pay	Paid within 30 days	Not paid within terms
1	Lloyds Clinical Limited	30 Sep 2026	59	10%	71%
2	Synthomer (UK) Limited	30 Jun 2026	57	18%	49%
3	Synthomer Trading Limited	30 Jun 2026	50	17%	49%
4	Frank G. Gates Limited	30 Jun 2026	31	53%	21%
5	Arrow Electronics (UK) Limited	30 Jun 2026	28	81%	65%
6	Raytheon Systems Limited	30 Jun 2026	27	70%	5%
7	G.R.Wright & Sons Limited	30 Jun 2026	24	86%	5%
8	Net Academies Trust	31 Aug 2026	17	97%	6%

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.