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How fast companies registered in Peterborough pay their suppliers

22 large companies and LLPs with a registered office in Peterborough have filed a payment practices report for a period ending since May 2025. The typical one takes 30 days to pay an invoice, 1 day shorter than the UK figure of 31 days.

30 daysTypical average time to pay (median)

60.5%Typical share of invoices paid within 30 days

2Companies averaging more than 60 days

32%Typical share not paid within agreed terms

Each company's latest report, for periods ending between 31 August 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 31 council areas in the East of England with at least five filers, Peterborough ranks 24th for the longest typical time to pay, where first is the slowest.

Every Peterborough company, slowest first

#CompanyPeriod endingAverage days to payPaid within 30 daysNot paid within terms
1 BFSL Limited 30 Jun 2026 1120%100%
2 Perkins Engines Company Limited 30 Jun 2026 672%6%
3 Cummins Generator Technologies Limited 31 Jul 2026 6019%39%
4 Bisl Limited 30 Jun 2026 5738%59%
5 Markerstudy Group Services Limited 30 Jun 2026 5226%84%
6 Sopp and Sopp Limited 30 Sep 2026 4541%20%
7 Diligenta Limited 30 Jun 2026 3941%61%
8 Amk Peterborough Fruit Services Ltd 28 Feb 2026 3742%82%
9 Coloplast Limited 30 Sep 2026 3458%30%
10 Thomas Deacon Education Trust 31 Aug 2026 3341%5%
11 Mastercard Prepaid Management Services Limited 30 Jun 2026 3254%34%
12 United Learning Trust 31 Aug 2025 2875%11%
13 Amt Fresh Limited 28 Feb 2026 2763%79%
14 Haskoning UK Limited 30 Jun 2026 2571%4%
15 United Church Schools Trust 31 Aug 2025 2581%9%
16 Yours Clothing Limited 1 Aug 2026 2470%43%
17 Frontline Limited 30 Jun 2026 2391%18%
18 Compare the Market Limited 31 Dec 2025 2293%18%
19 Royal Mencap Society 30 Sep 2026 1490%34%
20 BGL Group Limited 30 Jun 2026 1395%46%
21 Bauer Radio Limited 30 Jun 2026 993%7%
22 HBVB 30 Jun 2026 892%8%

Most invoices paid late

  1. BFSL Limited100%
  2. Markerstudy Group Services Limited84%
  3. Amk Peterborough Fruit Services Ltd82%
  4. Amt Fresh Limited79%
  5. Diligenta Limited61%
  6. Bisl Limited59%
  7. BGL Group Limited46%
  8. Yours Clothing Limited43%
  9. Cummins Generator Technologies Limited39%
  10. Mastercard Prepaid Management Services Limited34%

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

Construction and retentions

No company registered here reported construction contracts in its latest period.

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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.