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How fast companies registered in Nottingham pay their suppliers

34 large companies and LLPs with a registered office in Nottingham have filed a payment practices report for a period ending since May 2025. The typical one takes 32.5 days to pay an invoice, 1.5 days longer than the UK figure of 31 days.

32.5 daysTypical average time to pay (median)

63.5%Typical share of invoices paid within 30 days

0Companies averaging more than 60 days

23%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 20 council areas in the East Midlands with at least five filers, Nottingham ranks 16th for the longest typical time to pay, where first is the slowest.

Every Nottingham company, slowest first

#CompanyPeriod endingAverage days to payPaid within 30 daysNot paid within terms
1 Buzz Group Limited 17 Jul 2026 5614%39%
2 Jigsaw Systems Limited 31 May 2026 5613%18%
3 E.ON Control Solutions Limited 30 Jun 2026 5515%76%
4 Kemsley CHP Limited 30 Jun 2026 5217%31%
5 Agrovista UK Limited 30 Jun 2026 4735%28%
6 Datum Rpo Limited 30 Jun 2026 4715%9%
7 E.ON UK Limited 30 Jun 2026 4637%34%
8 E.ON Energy Solutions Limited 30 Jun 2026 4430%31%
9 E.ON UK Infrastructure Services Limited 30 Jun 2026 4138%45%
10 E.ON UK CHP Limited 31 Dec 2025 4049%44%
11 E.ON UK Green Funding Solutions Limited 30 Jun 2026 4046%19%
12 Tapestry Learning Partnership 31 Aug 2026 3957%43%
13 Machine Mart Limited 31 May 2026 3661%23%
14 Archway Learning Trust 31 Aug 2026 3565%23%
15 Commify UK Limited 30 Jun 2026 3439%64%
16 Transform Trust 31 Aug 2026 3475%25%
17 Games Workshop Limited 31 May 2026 3359%2%
18 E.ON Next Energy Limited 30 Jun 2026 3262%19%
19 Experian Limited 31 Mar 2026 3267%1%
20 Greenwood Academies Trust 31 Aug 2026 3272%28%
21 L.E.A.D. Academy Trust 31 Aug 2026 3177%23%
22 Npower Commercial Gas Limited 30 Jun 2026 3166%9%
23 Dalkia Engineering Limited 30 Jun 2026 2963%17%
24 Little Fish (UK) Limited 30 Jun 2026 2764%10%
25 Browne Jacobson LLP 30 Sep 2026 2584%19%
26 Loomis UK Limited 30 Jun 2026 2386%34%
27 Freeths LLP 30 Sep 2026 2282%23%
28 Nottingham Citycare Partnership CIC 30 Sep 2026 2291%6%
29 Npower Limited 31 Dec 2025 2182%25%
30 Capital One (Europe) PLC 30 Jun 2026 1998%5%
31 E.ON UK Energy Markets Limited 30 Jun 2026 1881%3%
32 E.ON UK Steven’S Croft Limited 30 Jun 2026 1884%17%
33 Staffline Recruitment Limited 30 Jun 2026 1467%8%
34 Paul Smith Limited 30 Jun 2026 1287%9%

Most invoices paid late

  1. E.ON Control Solutions Limited76%
  2. Commify UK Limited64%
  3. E.ON UK Infrastructure Services Limited45%
  4. E.ON UK CHP Limited44%
  5. Tapestry Learning Partnership43%
  6. Buzz Group Limited39%
  7. E.ON UK Limited34%
  8. Loomis UK Limited34%
  9. E.ON Energy Solutions Limited31%
  10. Kemsley CHP Limited31%

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

Construction and retentions

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

  1. Dalkia Engineering 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.