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How fast companies registered in New Forest pay their suppliers
24 large companies and LLPs with a registered office in New Forest have filed a payment practices report for a period ending since May 2025. The typical one takes 36 days to pay an invoice, 5 days longer than the UK figure of 31 days.
36 daysTypical average time to pay (median)
48%Typical share of invoices paid within 30 days
1Companies averaging more than 60 days
13%Typical share not paid within agreed terms
Each company's latest report, for periods ending between 30 June 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, New Forest ranks tenth for the longest typical time to pay, where first is the slowest.
Every New Forest company, slowest first
Most invoices paid late
- Ineos Aromatics Limited65%
- Garmin (Europe) Limited63%
- Ineos Sales (UK) Limited61%
- Knights Brown Construction Ltd39%
- Churchill Living Ltd32%
- Shorefield Holidays Limited30%
- Ineos E&P (UK) Limited23%
- Esso Exploration and Production UK Limited15%
- Ineos Commercial Services UK Limited15%
- Paultons Park Limited15%
Share of invoices not paid within the terms agreed with the supplier.
Construction and retentions
4 reported construction contracts in their latest period, and 3 said those contracts hold back retention money, typically at 5%.
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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.