How fast companies registered in Leicester pay their suppliers

12 large companies and LLPs with a registered office in Leicester have filed a payment practices report for a period ending since May 2025. The typical one takes 32 days to pay an invoice, 1 day longer than the UK figure of 31 days.

32 daysTypical average time to pay (median)

68.5%Typical share of invoices paid within 30 days

2Companies averaging more than 60 days

19.5%Typical share not paid within agreed terms

Each company's latest report, for periods ending between 30 September 2025 and 31 August 2026. Location is the registered office on the Companies House register, which is not always where a company trades or employs people. Of the 20 council areas in the East Midlands with at least five filers, Leicester ranks 17th for the longest typical time to pay, where first is the slowest.

Every Leicester company, slowest first

#	Company	Period ending	Average days to pay	Paid within 30 days	Not paid within terms
1	Ametek Airtechnology Group Limited	30 Jun 2026	70	8%	27%
2	Taylor Hobson Limited	30 Jun 2026	62	10%	77%
3	Mattioli Woods Limited	31 May 2026	43	56%	33%
4	Marks Electrical Limited	30 Sep 2025	42	25%	32%
5	Europcar Group UK Limited	30 Jun 2026	36	34%	71%
6	GI Solutions Group Limited	30 Jun 2026	32	69%	6%
7	Lionheart Educational Trust	31 Aug 2026	32	78%	8%
8	The Mead Educational Trust	31 Aug 2026	31	76%	6%
9	Learning Without Limits Academy Trust	28 Feb 2026	29	68%	2%
10	Watches of Switzerland Company Limited	3 May 2026	26	69%	14%
11	Mutual Clothing & Supply Company Limited	30 Jun 2026	23	70%	25%
12	Cambridge & Counties Bank Limited	30 Jun 2026	12	98%	2%

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 1 said those contracts hold back retention money, typically at 5%.

Lionheart Educational Trust5%

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.