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How fast companies registered in Newcastle upon Tyne pay their suppliers
31 large companies and LLPs with a registered office in Newcastle upon Tyne 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)
61%Typical share of invoices paid within 30 days
9Companies averaging more than 60 days
18%Typical share not paid within agreed terms
Each company's latest report, for periods ending between 31 March 2026 and 30 October 2026. Location is the registered office on the Companies House register, which is not always where a company trades or employs people. Of the 9 council areas in the North East with at least five filers, Newcastle upon Tyne ranks seventh for the longest typical time to pay, where first is the slowest.
Every Newcastle upon Tyne company, slowest first
Most invoices paid late
- The Gosforth Federated Academies Limited49%
- Northstandard Limited48%
- Home Group Developments Limited46%
- Opencast Software Europe Limited42%
- FMC Technologies Limited39%
- Technipfmc UK Limited33%
- Northstandard Group Services Limited29%
- J.T.Dove,Limited28%
- Grainger PLC24%
- Siemens Energy Limited23%
Share of invoices not paid within the terms agreed with the supplier.
Construction and retentions
11 reported construction contracts in their latest period, and 9 said those contracts hold back retention money, typically at 5%.
- Northern Powergrid (Northeast) PLC10%
- Northern Powergrid (Yorkshire) PLC10%
- Northern Powergrid Metering Limited10%
- Bellway Homes Limited5%
- Northstandard Group Services Limited5%
- Grainger PLC3%
- Home Group Developments Limited3%
- The Gosforth Federated Academies Limited3%
- Newcastle International Airport Limitedrate not given
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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.