How fast companies registered in Somerset pay their suppliers

21 large companies and LLPs with a registered office in Somerset have filed a payment practices report for a period ending since May 2025. The typical one takes 33 days to pay an invoice, 2 days longer than the UK figure of 31 days.

33 daysTypical average time to pay (median)

53%Typical share of invoices paid within 30 days

0Companies averaging more than 60 days

26%Typical share not paid within agreed terms

Each company's latest report, for periods ending between 30 April 2026 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 17 council areas in the South West with at least five filers, Somerset ranks seventh for the longest typical time to pay, where first is the slowest.

Every Somerset company, slowest first

#	Company	Period ending	Average days to pay	Paid within 30 days	Not paid within terms
1	Eurilait Limited	30 Jun 2026	58	46%	59%
2	C. & J. Clark International Limited	30 Jun 2026	51	39%	40%
3	Wessex Eagle Limited	30 Jun 2026	47	18%	26%
4	Screwfix Direct Limited	31 Jul 2026	46	30%	2%
5	A.J. & R.G.Barber (Sales) Limited	30 Sep 2026	45	6%	31%
6	First South West Limited	28 Sep 2026	42	37%	6%
7	Bradfords Building Supplies Limited	30 Jun 2026	41	25%	5%
8	Somerset Care Limited	30 Sep 2026	39	33%	71%
9	Denholm Industrial Services Limited	30 Jun 2026	36	74%	28%
10	King's Schools Taunton Limited	31 Aug 2026	35	53%	7%
11	Andros UK Limited	30 Jun 2026	33	55%	31%
12	Mulberry Company (Design) Limited	30 Sep 2026	31	58%	45%
13	Stef Langdons Ltd	30 Jun 2026	31	50%	1%
14	Synertec Limited	30 Jun 2026	30	49%	34%
15	Highbridge Caravan Centre Limited	30 Jun 2026	29	56%	0%
16	Richard Huish Trust	31 Aug 2026	27	84%	16%
17	A.J. and R.G.Barber Limited	30 Sep 2026	25	77%	42%
18	Millfield	31 Aug 2026	23	82%	37%
19	Systems Engineering & Assessment Ltd	30 Apr 2026	20	87%	14%
20	Western Provident Association Limited	30 Jun 2026	18	85%	20%
21	Lambtrad Ltd	30 Jun 2026	12	93%	7%

Most invoices paid late

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

Construction and retentions

4 reported construction contracts in their latest period, and 1 said those contracts hold back retention money, typically at 2%.

Richard Huish Trust2%

All retention clauses

Use this data

Free to use with credit to Fair Payment and, online, a link to this page. Download the Somerset figures (CSV), see South West as a whole, or read notes for journalists.

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.