How fast companies registered in Preston pay their suppliers

11 large companies and LLPs with a registered office in Preston 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)

68%Typical share of invoices paid within 30 days

0Companies averaging more than 60 days

19%Typical share not paid within agreed terms

Each company's latest report, for periods ending between 31 December 2025 and 28 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 26 council areas in the North West with at least five filers, Preston ranks 24th for the longest typical time to pay, where first is the slowest.

Every Preston company, slowest first

#	Company	Period ending	Average days to pay	Paid within 30 days	Not paid within terms
1	Community Health and Eyecare Limited	30 Jun 2026	44	26%	36%
2	Bako Limited	31 Mar 2026	43	30%	55%
3	Bowker Performance Cars Limited	30 Jun 2026	34	45%	3%
4	Bowker Preston Limited	30 Jun 2026	34	40%	4%
5	E.H.Booth & Co.,Limited	28 Sep 2026	32	46%	29%
6	More 2 Life Ltd	31 Dec 2025	27	68%	27%
7	KRS Finance Ltd	30 Jun 2026	24	89%	19%
8	Consort Healthcare (Birmingham) Limited	30 Jun 2026	23	88%	8%
9	Football League Limited(the)	31 Jul 2026	23	76%	24%
10	The Hospital Company (Qah Portsmouth) Limited	30 Jun 2026	23	95%	12%
11	HSBC Life (UK) Limited	31 Dec 2025	14	98%	2%

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.