How fast companies registered in Stafford pay their suppliers

8 large companies and LLPs with a registered office in Stafford have filed a payment practices report for a period ending since May 2025. The typical one takes 39 days to pay an invoice, 8 days longer than the UK figure of 31 days.

39 daysTypical average time to pay (median)

49%Typical share of invoices paid within 30 days

0Companies averaging more than 60 days

16.5%Typical share not paid within agreed terms

Each company's latest report, for periods ending between 31 December 2025 and 30 June 2026. Location is the registered office on the Companies House register, which is not always where a company trades or employs people. Of the 24 council areas in the West Midlands with at least five filers, Stafford ranks 11th for the longest typical time to pay, where first is the slowest.

Every Stafford company, slowest first

#	Company	Period ending	Average days to pay	Paid within 30 days	Not paid within terms
1	UK Grid Solutions Limited	30 Jun 2026	57	26%	59%
2	Altecnic Limited	31 Dec 2025	55	23%	16%
3	Hexstone Ltd.	30 Jun 2026	53	34%	6%
4	Meyer Timber Limited	30 Jun 2026	46	27%	17%
5	Capula Limited	30 Jun 2026	32	64%	36%
6	Wacker Neuson Limited	30 Jun 2026	28	84%	9%
7	Care Quality Services Limited	30 Jun 2026	27	75%	59%
8	Entrust Support Services Limited	30 Jun 2026	12	90%	12%

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.