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How fast companies registered in Stockport pay their suppliers
39 large companies and LLPs with a registered office in Stockport have filed a payment practices report for a period ending since May 2025. The typical one takes 36 days to pay an invoice, 5 days longer than the UK figure of 31 days.
36 daysTypical average time to pay (median)
30%Typical share of invoices paid within 30 days
1Companies averaging more than 60 days
13%Typical share not paid within agreed terms
Each company's latest report, for periods ending between 29 March 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 26 council areas in the North West with at least five filers, Stockport ranks 11th for the longest typical time to pay, where first is the slowest.
Every Stockport company, slowest first
Most invoices paid late
- KNDS Defence UK Limited57%
- Blemain Finance Limited38%
- Stockport Grammar School37%
- Frederic Robinson Limited36%
- Stagecoach Services Limited28%
- Ocu Services Limited27%
- The Together Trust27%
- Ocu Utility Services Limited22%
- A.G. Parfett & Sons Limited21%
- Electricity North West Limited15%
Share of invoices not paid within the terms agreed with the supplier.
Construction and retentions
25 reported construction contracts in their latest period, and 4 said those contracts hold back retention money, typically at 5%.
- Ocu Services Limited5%
- Ocu Utility Services Limited5%
- Stockport Homes Limitedrate not given
- The Together Trustrate 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.