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How fast companies registered in South Gloucestershire pay their suppliers

23 large companies and LLPs with a registered office in South Gloucestershire have filed a payment practices report for a period ending since May 2025. The typical one takes 25 days to pay an invoice, 6 days shorter than the UK figure of 31 days.

25 daysTypical average time to pay (median)

86%Typical share of invoices paid within 30 days

3Companies averaging more than 60 days

12%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 17 council areas in the South West with at least five filers, South Gloucestershire ranks 15th for the longest typical time to pay, where first is the slowest.

Every South Gloucestershire company, slowest first

#CompanyPeriod endingAverage days to payPaid within 30 daysNot paid within terms
1 Prestwick Aerosystems Limited 30 Jun 2026 738%38%
2 Nokia UK Limited 30 Jun 2026 716%7%
3 Airbus Operations Limited 30 Jun 2026 693%8%
4 Power Electrics (Bristol) Limited 31 Mar 2026 5215%33%
5 M J Church (Plant) Limited 30 Sep 2026 4431%72%
6 Elemis Limited 31 Mar 2026 3762%29%
7 Impala Terminals Infrastructure UK Ltd. 30 Jun 2025 3561%22%
8 Leidos Europe, Limited 30 Jun 2026 3087%12%
9 Practice Plus Group Hospitals Limited 30 Sep 2026 3086%19%
10 The Olympus Academy Trust 31 Aug 2026 3080%29%
11 Crematoria Management Ltd. 30 Jun 2026 2582%34%
12 Seabank Power Limited 30 Jun 2026 2588%7%
13 Somerset Bridge Group Limited 30 Jun 2026 2488%4%
14 Hoare Lea LLP 30 Sep 2026 2280%23%
15 Ian Williams Limited 5 Apr 2026 1982%2%
16 Ald Automotive Limited 30 Jun 2026 1796%4%
17 Oasis Healthcare Limited 30 Jun 2026 1494%25%
18 Zellis UK Limited 30 Apr 2026 1488%23%
19 Mosaic Partnership Trust 28 Feb 2026 1396%4%
20 Oasis Dental Care (Southern) Limited 30 Jun 2026 1390%12%
21 Oasis Dental Care Limited 30 Jun 2026 1390%10%
22 Xeon Smiles UK Limited 30 Jun 2026 1391%12%
23 Oasis Dental Care (Central) Limited 30 Jun 2026 1291%10%

Most invoices paid late

  1. M J Church (Plant) Limited72%
  2. Prestwick Aerosystems Limited38%
  3. Crematoria Management Ltd.34%
  4. Power Electrics (Bristol) Limited33%
  5. Elemis Limited29%
  6. The Olympus Academy Trust29%
  7. Oasis Healthcare Limited25%
  8. Hoare Lea LLP23%
  9. Zellis UK Limited23%
  10. Impala Terminals Infrastructure UK Ltd.22%

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

Construction and retentions

9 reported construction contracts in their latest period, and 2 said those contracts hold back retention money.

  1. Crematoria Management Ltd.rate not given
  2. M J Church (Plant) Limitedrate not given
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.