How fast companies registered in Oxford pay their suppliers

15 large companies and LLPs with a registered office in Oxford have filed a payment practices report for a period ending since May 2025. The typical one takes 27 days to pay an invoice, 4 days shorter than the UK figure of 31 days.

27 daysTypical average time to pay (median)

64%Typical share of invoices paid within 30 days

1Companies averaging more than 60 days

23%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, Oxford ranks 41st for the longest typical time to pay, where first is the slowest.

Every Oxford company, slowest first

#	Company	Period ending	Average days to pay	Paid within 30 days	Not paid within terms
1	A.C. Nielsen Company Limited	31 Dec 2025	71	10%	87%
2	Unipart Rail Limited	30 Jun 2026	58	24%	23%
3	Lucy Electric UK Limited	30 Jun 2026	46	39%	39%
4	Kautex Unipart Limited	30 Jun 2025	41	29%	20%
5	Unipart Group Limited	30 Jun 2026	41	37%	9%
6	Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC	30 Jun 2026	38	63%	35%
7	Oxford Policy Management Limited	30 Sep 2025	33	70%	28%
8	System C Healthcare Limited	31 Mar 2026	27	64%	0%
9	Leyland Trucks Limited	30 Jun 2026	25	74%	16%
10	Nominet UK	30 Sep 2026	25	92%	8%
11	Oxford Biomedica PLC	30 Jun 2026	23	68%	81%
12	Oxford Biomedica (UK) Limited	30 Jun 2026	22	83%	17%
13	Oxford Direct Services Limited	30 Sep 2026	21	14%	86%
14	Paccar Financial PLC	30 Jun 2026	19	89%	3%
15	River Learning Trust	31 Aug 2026	10	99%	26%

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.