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How fast companies registered in South Cambridgeshire pay their suppliers
31 large companies and LLPs with a registered office in South Cambridgeshire have filed a payment practices report for a period ending since May 2025. The typical one takes 38 days to pay an invoice, 7 days longer than the UK figure of 31 days.
38 daysTypical average time to pay (median)
51%Typical share of invoices paid within 30 days
1Companies averaging more than 60 days
36%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 31 council areas in the East of England with at least five filers, South Cambridgeshire ranks seventh for the longest typical time to pay, where first is the slowest.
Every South Cambridgeshire company, slowest first
| # | Company | Period ending | Average days to pay | Paid within 30 days | Not paid within terms |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CMR Surgical Limited | 30 Jun 2026 | 67 | 29% | 75% |
| 2 | Xaarjet Limited | 30 Jun 2025 | 55 | 8% | 88% |
| 3 | Mundipharma Medical Company Limited | 30 Jun 2026 | 54 | 37% | 55% |
| 4 | Xaar PLC | 31 Dec 2025 | 54 | 4% | 94% |
| 5 | Hexcel Composites Limited | 30 Jun 2026 | 52 | 14% | 45% |
| 6 | Marshall Land Systems Ltd | 30 Jun 2026 | 51 | 28% | 78% |
| 7 | Pro Cam CP Limited | 30 Jun 2026 | 51 | 26% | 26% |
| 8 | PPD Global Ltd | 30 Jun 2026 | 50 | 23% | 53% |
| 9 | Displaylink (UK) Limited | 30 Jun 2026 | 48 | 56% | 36% |
| 10 | Volac International Limited | 30 Jun 2026 | 44 | 28% | 36% |
| 11 | Amgen Limited | 30 Jun 2026 | 42 | 49% | 17% |
| 12 | Eastern Learning Alliance | 31 Aug 2026 | 41 | 50% | 59% |
| 13 | Domino UK Limited | 30 Sep 2026 | 40 | 36% | 3% |
| 14 | Mundibiopharma Limited | 30 Jun 2026 | 40 | 53% | 96% |
| 15 | Bard Pharmaceuticals Limited | 30 Jun 2026 | 38 | 38% | 25% |
| 16 | Sepura Limited | 30 Jun 2026 | 38 | 40% | 64% |
| 17 | Synexus Clinical Research Limited | 30 Jun 2026 | 38 | 51% | 89% |
| 18 | Huawei Technologies Research & Development (UK) Limited | 30 Jun 2026 | 36 | 87% | 13% |
| 19 | Napp Pharmaceutical Holdings Limited | 30 Jun 2026 | 36 | 64% | 66% |
| 20 | The Babraham Institute | 30 Sep 2026 | 35 | 34% | 65% |
| 21 | Marshall of Cambridge Aerospace Limited | 30 Jun 2026 | 34 | 64% | 24% |
| 22 | Aveva Software GB Limited | 30 Jun 2026 | 28 | 52% | 95% |
| 23 | Gilead Sciences International Ltd. | 30 Jun 2026 | 26 | 64% | 35% |
| 24 | Cambridge Consultants Limited | 30 Jun 2026 | 24 | 71% | 29% |
| 25 | Carl Zeiss Ltd | 31 Mar 2026 | 24 | 73% | 0% |
| 26 | Darktrace Holdings Limited | 30 Jun 2026 | 23 | 90% | 15% |
| 27 | Illumina Cambridge Limited | 30 Jun 2026 | 23 | 83% | 43% |
| 28 | Services Machinery & Trucks Ltd | 30 Jun 2026 | 22 | 66% | 2% |
| 29 | Genome Research Limited | 31 Mar 2026 | 20 | 92% | 16% |
| 30 | Frontier Developments PLC | 31 May 2026 | 16 | 98% | 0% |
| 31 | Astex Therapeutics Limited | 30 Jun 2026 | 13 | 97% | 1% |
Most invoices paid late
- Mundibiopharma Limited96%
- Aveva Software GB Limited95%
- Xaar PLC94%
- Synexus Clinical Research Limited89%
- Xaarjet Limited88%
- Marshall Land Systems Ltd78%
- CMR Surgical Limited75%
- Napp Pharmaceutical Holdings Limited66%
- The Babraham Institute65%
- Sepura Limited64%
Share of invoices not paid within the terms agreed with the supplier.
Construction and retentions
2 reported construction contracts in their latest period, and 2 said those contracts hold back retention money.
- Eastern Learning Alliancerate not given
- Huawei Technologies Research & Development (UK) Limitedrate not given
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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.