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How fast companies registered in Stevenage pay their suppliers

21 large companies and LLPs with a registered office in Stevenage have filed a payment practices report for a period ending since May 2025. The typical one takes 23 days to pay an invoice, 8 days shorter than the UK figure of 31 days.

23 daysTypical average time to pay (median)

77%Typical share of invoices paid within 30 days

1Companies averaging more than 60 days

6%Typical share not paid within agreed terms

Each company's latest report, for periods ending between 28 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, Stevenage ranks 31st for the longest typical time to pay, where first is the slowest.

Every Stevenage company, slowest first

#CompanyPeriod endingAverage days to payPaid within 30 daysNot paid within terms
1 Formula One Auto Centres Limited 31 Jul 2026 7341%0%
2 Papier-Mettler UK Limited 30 Jun 2026 5128%2%
3 Avnet Emg Ltd. 30 Jun 2026 4847%61%
4 Glaxosmithkline Intellectual Property Development Limited 30 Jun 2026 4345%16%
5 Mbda UK Limited 30 Jun 2026 3929%5%
6 Flamingo Flowers Ltd. 28 Jun 2025 3540%55%
7 Airbus Defence and Space Limited 30 Jun 2026 3440%5%
8 Telent Technology Services Limited 30 Sep 2026 2686%14%
9 Bgen Limited 30 Sep 2026 2473%25%
10 M Group (Plant & Fleet Solutions) Limited 30 Sep 2026 2478%14%
11 Glaxosmithkline Intellectual Property (NO.2) Limited 30 Jun 2026 2375%0%
12 M Group Telecom (Technology Services) Limited 30 Sep 2026 2277%14%
13 Glaxosmithkline Intellectual Property (NO.4) Limited 30 Jun 2026 2075%0%
14 M Group Energy (Network Infrastructure) Limited 30 Sep 2026 1884%9%
15 M Group Energy (Infrastructure) Limited 30 Sep 2026 1693%7%
16 M Group Energy (Metering) Limited 30 Sep 2026 1687%4%
17 M Group Water (Network Infrastructure) Limited 30 Sep 2026 1589%6%
18 M Group Highways Limited 30 Sep 2026 1395%10%
19 M Group Transport (Rail & Aviation) Limited 30 Sep 2026 1393%6%
20 M Group Telecom (Fixed Network Solutions) Limited 30 Sep 2026 1193%2%
21 M Group Telecom Limited 30 Sep 2026 1195%2%

Most invoices paid late

  1. Avnet Emg Ltd.61%
  2. Flamingo Flowers Ltd.55%
  3. Bgen Limited25%
  4. Glaxosmithkline Intellectual Property Development Limited16%
  5. M Group (Plant & Fleet Solutions) Limited14%
  6. M Group Telecom (Technology Services) Limited14%
  7. Telent Technology Services Limited14%
  8. M Group Highways Limited10%
  9. M Group Energy (Network Infrastructure) Limited9%
  10. M Group Energy (Infrastructure) Limited7%

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

Construction and retentions

13 reported construction contracts in their latest period, and 9 said those contracts hold back retention money, typically at 5%.

  1. Bgen Limited5%
  2. M Group Highways Limited5%
  3. M Group Telecom (Fixed Network Solutions) Limited5%
  4. M Group Telecom (Technology Services) Limited5%
  5. M Group Telecom Limited5%
  6. M Group Transport (Rail & Aviation) Limited5%
  7. Telent Technology Services Limited5%
  8. M Group Energy (Infrastructure) Limitedrate not given
  9. M Group Water (Network Infrastructure) 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.